EuroTrip 2004

Ohio high school student Scott Thomas is a good student and nice guy albeit a little predictable who is about to graduate and go into premed. He is unceremoniously dumped by his whorish girlfriend Fiona on graduation day. Among the people he turns to in his hour of despair is his German pen pal Mike. Scott and Mike seem to have a special connection. After Mike makes advances to Scott now that he and Fiona are not seeing each other Scott abruptly sends Mike a message saying he never wants to hear from him again. However Scott learns shorty thereafter that Mike is actually a beautiful girl named Mieke. By this time Mieke has blocked his messages. Thinking that Mieke is actually who he was meant to be with Scott impulsively for a change decides to go to Berlin to be with her. Along for the ride is Scotts best friend the girl crazy Cooper Harris. They manage only to get a flight into London and thus have to make their way from London to Berlin. Along the way in Paris they ...

Review

First of all Greetings from a guy living somewhere in between the Brussels sprouts hahahaha. Thats right Im from Belgium you know the place that noone really knows not even the Europeans...

Even though I expected to really hate this movie I have to admit that I had a lot of fun watching it. I loved to see how they magnified the stereotypes about the French the English The Germans... and made fun about the Catholic church. Some people pointed out that it was clear that the makers really dont know anything about the countries they were making jokes about. Possible but it didnt bother me once. Its a comedy not a travelers guide!

This is how the story goes A teenager is dumped by his girlfriend on the day of their graduation. He has contact with a German girl called Mieke but he thought it was a guy called Mike. Knowing this and after he has seen her photo he decides to pay her a visit in Berlin. But of course they dont just end up in Berlin. They start their trip in London going to Paris Amsterdam and Bratislava before getting to Berlin...

The movies script or the plot were probably the least of the directors concerns. Its clear that they just wanted to go to Europe have some fun and film one hilarious situation after the other. Ive got the feeling that most of the European viewers didnt mind being the subject of the movie. Yes its crude and yes it doesnt show anything about how Europe really is but its also incredibly funny. I give it an 810 for that.