The genial if forgettable tale moves from the hapless crooks' hijinks to contrasting a stubbornly uncultured husband with his suddenly social-climbing wife. Road Trip is a gross-out comedy following four college kids from New York to Texas in pursuit of a video tape accidentally mailed to a girlfriend of one of the students that shows him in bed with someone else. The brainless plot uses an onslaught of tedious vulgarities and dumb sight gags to depict higher education as an excuse for drunken and lewd behavior. In My Side of the Mountain a Toronto youth journeys into the Quebec wilderness to prove that he can take care of himself and is befriended by a migrant folk-singer who eventually rescues him during a snowstorm. The intriguing story has substance instead of cliches, in addition to magnificent photography capturing the beauty of its natural setting.
Intelligent family fare whose spirit of adventure and youthful independence can be enjoyed by all.
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