The movie Roadtrip reminded me a lot of
Animal House. Other than the movies college setting? Well,
Ivan Reitman probably has something to do with it. He produced
Animal House along with many other good movies (
Ghostbusters and
Stripes).
The movie is good because Reitman stuck to a proven formula. You need a insane funnyman (John Belushi in AH and Tom Green in RT); a dweeby guy (Stephen Furst as Flounder in AH and DJ Qualls in RT); several moderate smartasses (Tim Matheson, Bruce McGill in AH and Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Paulo Costanzo in RT); and finally insert nudity, drug use and situations where white guys are intimidated by black guys.
When I finished Road Trip I was left thinking: If only they had viagra in 1978, what good jokes could have they incorporated into Animal House? But then again, we got improper sexual innuendo via Neidermeyer and his horse.