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Press - 2004
Misadventures fill four teens' journey in Europe
It's not as bad as it sounds. Those are praiseworthy words for a film that
could have sunk to the depths of usual high-school humor: the parade of
naked bodies, bodily-function jokes and vomiting humor.
While "Eurotrip" certainly has those elements, they are downplayed by some
smart writing, a lively pace and likable characters with adolescent faults
the size of road signs.
This cute, harmless, predictable story revolves around recent high-school
grad Scott Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz), who is pursuing his German pen pal
after being dumped in a very public way by his sexy girlfriend. (Her real
beau is in a band and writes a catchy tell-all tune about what chump
"Scotty Doesn't Know.") His best friend Cooper is played amiably by Jacob
Pitts, who bears amazing resemblance in looks and wisecracking character
to David Spade. Already in Europe when Scott and Cooper head off are
Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
and Travis Wester, who complete the foursome of travelers as seriously
mismatched twins.
Arriving in Europe by way of London, the friends must squirm their way out
of a beating from nearly unintelligible soccer hooligans before making it
to Berlin by way of Paris, Amsterdam and Slovakia. Along the way they
encounter a kinky aspect of Amsterdam's sex trade and a night of consuming
absinthe at a Slovakian disco where Scotty Doesn't Know is a huge hit.
Many of their European misadventures involve sex, drugs and drinking but
at least a few of the episodes offer a twist of humor or self-deprecating
moment that make them tolerable.
First-time director and co-writer Jeff Schaffer wrote the screenplay for
last summer's maligned "The Cat in the Hat," but he also wrote for
"Seinfeld" and "Herman's Head."
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