EuroTrip
2004 · Directed by Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Alec Berg
Original language: English
- comedy
The story
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated daylight and sun-warmed street scenes across Berlin, Paris and the Alpine stretches of the continent, shot in a loose, mobile style that favors wide establishing frames and quick cuts between chaotic hotel rooms, crowded train platforms and open roads. The palette runs warm and candy-bright, with cheap-hostel fluorescents and nightclub strobe giving way to golden evening light on cobbled squares. Sound is a bouncy pop-rock soundtrack, road-trip sing-alongs and a lot of bluntly comic dialogue over the top of it. The vibe is goofy, raunchy and cheerfully juvenile, a sunny road-trip romp for a lazy weekend or a late-night laugh with friends. Its pacing is brisk and episodic, with lots of escalating set pieces and a young man's awkward, hopeful pursuit of romance gradually giving way to friendship and self-respect. Intensity is high on sex jokes, nudity, drinking, drug use and crude humour, with mostly slapstick mishaps rather than real violence or cruelty, and it stays mostly light at heart. It suits viewers who want broad, irreverent comedy about travel and friendship and don't mind a lot of bawdy material.
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