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Review by Stefan Halley

From the people that brought you “Cat in the Hat”, the worst film from last year, comes one of the funniest films to hit the big screen in a long time. Following the plot points of “Road Trip”, “Eurotrip” follows four naïve Americas as they trek through Europe on their quest to find a girl. “Eurotrip” isn’t so much about plot but how our hero’s stubble from one country to the next causing mischief and trouble.

“Eurotrip” plays fast and loose with its stereotypes so it never falls into mean-spirited or spiteful. England has its soccer hooligans. France has its sidewalk performers and long lines. Amsterdam has its drug culture and sex theatres. Germany has Hitler jokes and Eastern Europe is dirt poor. All the stereotypes, “Eurotrip” uses are easily identifiable and play on our stigmas. The film is straight comedy taking each joke its fullest extent.

Scott (Scott Mechlowicz) gets dumped by his girlfriend on the same day he graduates from high school. He’s all ready to spend the summer working for his dad. After a drunken party, Scott misinterprets an e-mail from his German pen pal Mieke and proceeds to tell her off. After finding out the Mieke is a girl not a guy, Scott decides to head off to Europe with his best friend Cooper (Jacob Pitts) to find his pen pal and apologize. While in Europe he meets up with the worst twins in the world, Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Jamie (Travis Wester). Together they set off from Paris to Berlin with stop off’s in Amsterdam, Eastern Europe and a French fishing village.

Director Jeff Schaffer keeps the film moving forward and keeps the laughs flowing till the trite and predictable end. All the actors do a fine job but the stand out is Michelle Trachtenberg. No longer Buffy’s little sister, Trachtenberg comes out of her shell and really shines as sexy ingénue. Her Absinthe-fueled incest sequence definitely takes her out Nickelodeon territory and places her firmly in the up and coming young adult crowd. Also look for Lucy Lawless as a sex club dominatrix and Matt Damon as a punk rocker that performs the movies theme song.

The screenwriting team plays largely on the mistrust of Americas have against the Europeans. The only stereotype they didn’t manage to work in is Swedish sex starlet but hey there is always “Eurotrip 2”. Movies like “Road Trip”, “Old School” and “Eurotrip” aren’t judged by coherent plotlines but by how much you’ll laugh. By this standard “Eurotrip” is a smashing success. Get your passport and be prepared to enjoy one wild, sexy, irreverent European trip.

Rating: 4.25/5

— STEFAN HALLEY

From the people that brought you “Cat in the Hat”, the worst film from last year, comes one of the funniest films to hit the big screen in a long time. Following the plot points of “Road Trip”, “Eurotrip” follows four naïve Americas as they trek through Europe on their quest to find a girl. “Eurotrip” isn’t so much about plot but how our hero’s stubble from one country to the next causing mischief and trouble.

“Eurotrip” plays fast and loose with its stereotypes so it never falls into mean-spirited or spiteful. England has its soccer hooligans. France has its sidewalk performers and long lines. Amsterdam has its drug culture and sex theatres. Germany has Hitler jokes and Eastern Europe is dirt poor. All the stereotypes, “Eurotrip” uses are easily identifiable and play on our stigmas. The film is straight comedy taking each joke its fullest extent.

Scott (Scott Mechlowicz) gets dumped by his girlfriend on the same day he graduates from high school. He’s all ready to spend the summer working for his dad. After a drunken party, Scott misinterprets an e-mail from his German pen pal Mieke and proceeds to tell her off. After finding out the Mieke is a girl not a guy, Scott decides to head off to Europe with his best friend Cooper (Jacob Pitts) to find his pen pal and apologize. While in Europe he meets up with the worst twins in the world, Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Jamie (Travis Wester). Together they set off from Paris to Berlin with stop off’s in Amsterdam, Eastern Europe and a French fishing village.

Director Jeff Schaffer keeps the film moving forward and keeps the laughs flowing till the trite and predictable end. All the actors do a fine job but the stand out is Michelle Trachtenberg. No longer Buffy’s little sister, Trachtenberg comes out of her shell and really shines as sexy ingénue. Her Absinthe-fueled incest sequence definitely takes her out Nickelodeon territory and places her firmly in the up and coming young adult crowd. Also look for Lucy Lawless as a sex club dominatrix and Matt Damon as a punk rocker that performs the movies theme song.

The screenwriting team plays largely on the mistrust of Americas have against the Europeans. The only stereotype they didn’t manage to work in is Swedish sex starlet but hey there is always “Eurotrip 2”. Movies like “Road Trip”, “Old School” and “Eurotrip” aren’t judged by coherent plotlines but by how much you’ll laugh. By this standard “Eurotrip” is a smashing success. Get your passport and be prepared to enjoy one wild, sexy, irreverent European trip.

Rating: 4.25/5