EuroTrip (2004)

Director:

Jeff Schaffer
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Writers (WGA):

Alec Berg (written by) &
David Mandel (written by) ...
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Release Date:

20 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Adventure

Tagline:

No actual Europeans were harmed in the making of this film.

Plot:

Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

Plot Keywords:

Europe | Pen Pal | Graduation | Nude Beach | Bare Butt

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Scott Mechlowicz	...	Scott Thomas
Jacob Pitts	...	Cooper Harris
Kristin Kreuk	...	Fiona
Cathy Meils	...	Mrs. Thomas
Nial Iskhakov	...	Bert
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Jenny
Travis Wester	...	Jamie
Matt Damon	...	Donny
J. Adams	...	Guitars - Lustra, Donny's Band
Christopher Baird	...	Vocals - Lustra, Donny's Band
Nicholas J.M. Cloutman	...	Bass - Lustra, Donny's Band
Bruce Fulford	...	Drums - Lustra, Donny's Band
Molly Schade	...	Candy
Jakki Degg	...	Missy
Lenka Vomocilova	...	Sissy
Jessica Boehrs	...	Mieke
Andrea Stuart	...	Courier Clerk
Vinnie Jones	...	Mad Maynard
Paul Oldham	...	Hooligan
Mike McGuffie	...	Hooligan
John Comer	...	Hooligan
Jeff Smith	...	Hooligan
Michael Cella	...	Hooligan (as Mike Cella)
David Fisher	...	Hooligan
Christian Dunckley Clark	...	Hooligan
Petr Jákl	...	Gunter
Jakub Kohák	...	French Soccer Fan
J.P. Manoux	...	Robot Man
Patrick Rapold	...	Christoph
Fred Armisen	...	Creepy Italian Guy
Eric Moscoso Vertiz	...	Naked Spanish Guy
Labass Kanoute	...	Naked African Guy
Sota Sakuma	...	Naked Tiny Asian Guy
Edita Deveroux	...	Nude Beach Lady
Petra Tomankova	...	Nude Beach Lady
Lucy Lawless	...	Madame Vandersexxx
Barbora Navratilova	...	Vandersexxx Girl
Lucie Kachtikova	...	Vandersexxx Girl
Tereza Zimova	...	Vandersexxx Girl
Zuzana Kocova	...	Vandersexxx Girl
Go Go Jean Michel Francis	...	Rasta Waiter (as Go Go Dyei Jen-Michel)
Helder Cambolo	...	Rasta Chef
Jana Pallaske	...	Anna, The Camera Store Girl
Vilem Holy	...	Hans
Jiri Maria Sieber	...	Gruber
Diedrich Bader	...	Mugger
Roger Denesha	...	Bakery Man
Amy Huck	...	Bakery Woman
Dominic Raacke	...	Trucker
Rade Serbedzija	...	Tibor (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Jan Nemejovsky	...	Manager at Opulent Hotel
Miroslav Táborský	...	Waiter at Opulent Hotel
Tereza Brettschneiderova	...	Girl in Orange Juice Ad (as Tereza Brettschweiderova)
Kristyna Simova	...	Girl in Orange Juice Ad
Vitezslav Bouchner	...	Orange Juice Ad Voice Over
Steve Hytner	...	Green Fairy
Walter Sittler	...	Mieke's Father
Adam Dotlacil	...	Heinrich
Joel Kirby	...	Swiss Guard
Andrea Miltner	...	Vatican Tour Guide (as Andrea Miltnerova)
Patrick Malahide	...	Arthur Frommer
Ellen Savaria	...	Tourist Woman in Vatican
Predrag Bjelac	...	Italian Guy at Vatican (as Pedja Bjelac)
Nick Jameson	...	Reporter
Jack Marston	...	Pope
Pat Kilbane	...	American Robot Guy
Joanna Lumley	...	Hostel Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mindy Sterling	...	Old Woman in Confessional (uncredited)
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Scott's Dad (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeff Schaffer
Alec Berg		(co-director) (uncredited)
David Mandel		(co-director) (uncredited)

Writing credits (WGA)
Alec Berg		(written by) &
David Mandel		(written by) &
Jeff Schaffer		(written by)

Produced by
Alec Berg	....	producer
Daniel Goldberg	....	producer
Tom Karnowski	....	co-producer
David Mandel	....	producer
Jackie Marcus Schaffer	....	producer (as Jackie Marcus)
Joe Medjuck	....	executive producer
David Minkowski	....	associate producer
Tom Pollock	....	executive producer
Ivan Reitman	....	executive producer
Matthew Stillman	....	associate producer
Jeff Schaffer	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
James L. Venable

Cinematography by
David Eggby		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Roger Bondelli

Casting by
Meg Liberman
Nelia Morago
Camille H. Patton		(as Cami Patton)

Production Design by
Allan Starski

Art Direction by
David Baxa
Jindrich Kocí
Nenad Pecur

Set Decoration by
William A. Cimino
Jiri Macke

Costume Design by
Julia Caston
Vanessa Vogel

Makeup Department
Jirí Farkas	....	key makeup artist
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair department head: additional photography
Tijen Osman	....	additional hair stylist
Aileen Seaton	....	key hair stylist
Aileen Seaton	....	key makeup artist
Bobo Sobotka	....	makeup artist (as Bohumil Sobotka)
Helena Steidlova	....	hair stylist
Eva Ungrová	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Martina Burgetová	....	production manager
Mark Graziano	....	post-production supervisor
Tom Karnowski	....	unit production manager
T. David Pash	....	production manager
Gary R. Wordham	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jakub Dvorak	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Helena Frankova	....	second second assistant director
Ben Howarth	....	second assistant director
Lukas Libal	....	third assistant director
Mirek Lux	....	first assistant director
Jan Mensik	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Andreas Meszaros	....	second second assistant director: Germany
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant director (as Chris Newman)
Martin Sebik	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Michal Abraham	....	swing gang
Bara Barova	....	set dressing and property coordinator
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Barbora Bucharova	....	set designer (as Bara Bucharova)
Miroslav Caslavka	....	buyer
Vaclav Cerny	....	swing gang
Viera Danderova	....	set designer
Libor Datel	....	swing gang
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	storyboard artist (as Ricardo Delagdo)
David Gospodarczyk	....	stand-by props: additional photography
Pavel Hartmann	....	swing gang
Jan Hoffman	....	buyer
Jan Kodera	....	leadperson
Lada Koranda	....	stand-by painter
Jan Kotik	....	graphic designer
Milena Koubkova	....	assistant art director
Marek Kukawski	....	set designer
Lukas Lehoucka	....	props
Radek Lehoucka	....	buyer
Jiri Macke	....	assistant set decorator
Tamara Marini	....	assistant art director
Tamara Marini	....	set designer
Petr Marousek	....	swing gang
David Meeking	....	scenic painter
Jaroslav Rericha	....	set designer
Michal Svoboda	....	property master
Katerina van Gemundova	....	art department coordinator
Zbynek Vit	....	props

Sound Department
John Benson	....	supervising sound editor
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tomas Cervenka	....	cableman
Scott Curtis	....	foley supervisor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
David Hankins	....	supervising sound editor
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
Tim McColm	....	re-recording engineer
Rene Mikan	....	sound mixer: second unit
Robert Morrisey	....	assistant sound editor
Bob Newlan	....	sound editor
Brian Thomas Nist	....	sound effects editor
Ralph Osborn	....	dialogue editor (as Ralph H. Osborn)
Joe Privitelli	....	ProTools engineer
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer (as Erin Rettig)
Roman Rigo	....	boom operator
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Karel Schneiberg	....	cableman
Reinhard Stergar	....	production sound mixer
Beth Sterner	....	sound effects editor
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Williams	....	sound effects editor (as Dave Williams)

Special Effects by
Kamil Jaffar	....	special effects coordinator (as Kamil Jafar)
Jeff Jingle	....	animatronic engineer
Pavel Policar	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Karen Bakke	....	roto artist: Blackpool Studios
Kevin Blank	....	visual effects supervisor
Phil Carbonaro	....	composite supervisor: HimAnI Productions (as Philip Carbonaro)
Eric Chauvin	....	matte painter: Blackpool Studios
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension (as Ben Girard)
Kevin Kutchaver	....	visual effects supervisor: HimAnI Productions
Bob Lloyd	....	composite supervisor: Smoke and Mirrors Productions
Justin Mitchell	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Tom O'Neill	....	visual effects conceptual artist: Blackpool Studios
Jon Terada	....	digital artist: HimAnI Productions
Leandro Visconti	....	head compositor: Digital Dimension

Stunts
Adam Barnhart	....	stunts
Pavel Bezdek	....	stunts
Petr Bozdech	....	stunts (as Peter Bozdech)
Viktor Cervenka	....	stunts
Frantisek Deak	....	stunts
Ray De-Haan	....	stunts
Zdenek Dvoracek	....	stunts
Laura Grady	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunts (as Stephen Griffin)
Rene Hajek	....	stunts
Antonin Hausknecht	....	stunts (as Antonin Hausenknecht)
Martin Hub	....	stunts
Cinda-Lin James	....	stunts
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
Jan Loukota	....	stunt double
Ivan Mares	....	stunts
Sam McMullen	....	stunts
David Motl	....	stunts
Miroslav Navratil	....	stunts
Vaclav Pacal	....	stunts
Jarda Peterka	....	stunt coordinator
Jan Petrina	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunt coordinator
David Schultz	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator
Jiri Simberský	....	stunts
Pavel Vokolin	....	stunts (as Pavel Vickolin)
Jan Vosmik	....	stunts
Rudolf Vrba	....	stunts
Laura Grady	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Cinda-Lin James	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jan Boruvka	....	gaffer
Jan Cabalka	....	second assistant camera: additional photography
Pavel Caslavsky	....	rigging gaffer
Ivo Cervenka	....	best boy grip
Kirk Chiswell	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jiri Ctvrtecka	....	best boy rigging grip
Donovan Fraser	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Klaus Fuxjäger	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Miro Gábor	....	director of photography: additional photography
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Ivo Gresak	....	key grip
Jindrich Hanzl	....	grip (as Jindrich Hanzel)
Dan Havelka	....	first remote head technician
Milan Jáchym	....	electrician
Igor Jelen	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Stepan Jezek	....	second remote head technician
Bohumil Kapek	....	electrician
Vaclav Kares	....	camera loader
John Kuchera	....	dolly grip
Viktor Lonek	....	video operator
Petr Machacek	....	first assistant camera: additional photography
John Marzano	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Peter McCaffrey	....	Steadicam operator
Peter McCaffrey	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Igor Murco	....	best boy rigging electric
Ladislav Musil	....	electrician
Frantisek Novák	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Franta Novák)
Radek Novak	....	electrician
Michal Sroubek	....	electrician
Jiri Valenta	....	rigging grip
Zdenek Vávra	....	still photographer
Jan Vojtech	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Miro Zila	....	rigging gaffer

Animation Department
Stanton Cruse	....	animator
Greg Franklin	....	animation director: opening sequence

Casting Department
Nancy Bishop	....	casting: Prague
Sylvie Brocheré	....	casting: Paris (as Sylvie Brochere)
Kate Caldwell	....	casting associate
Leslee Feldman	....	casting executive
Julie Harkin	....	casting assistant
Jirí Hrstka	....	extras casting
Risa Kes	....	casting: Germany
Margaret Pearson	....	casting assistant
Jacqueline Rietz	....	casting assistant: Germany
Jiri Severa	....	extras casting coordinator
Suzanne Smith	....	casting: UK (as Suzanne M. Smith)
Adrienne Stern	....	casting: New York
Razzauti Teresa	....	casting: Rome (as Tereza Razzauti)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zuzana Brozová	....	costumer: additional photography
Zuzana Bursíková	....	costumer
Gabriela Dolenska	....	costume assistant
Jirina Eisenhamerova	....	costumer: additional photography
Bela Friedlová	....	costumer
Maria Hubackova	....	costumer
Marta Jencova	....	costumer
Hana Kucerova	....	costume supervisor
Jitka Svecova	....	costumer: additional photography
Erin Julie Tavin	....	assistant costume designer (as Erin Tavin)
Lenka Vitvarová	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Lee Frazier	....	post-production assistant (as Lee Frazier III)
Martin C. Heselov	....	first assistant editor (as Martin Heselov)
Martin Hubacek	....	assistant editor
Alan Z. McCurdy	....	assistant editor
David Reynolds	....	first assistant film editor
Adéla Spaljová	....	assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Brian Dixon	....	score mixer
Robert Fernandez	....	score recordist
Dell Hake	....	music conductor
Dell Hake	....	music orchestrator
John Houlihan	....	music consultant
Patrick Houlihan	....	music supervisor
David Marquette	....	score recordist
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
James L. Venable	....	additional orchestrator
Todd Homme	....	executive music supervisor (uncredited)
Jennifer Kes Remington	....	music pre-mix (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Lukas Bergmann	....	assistant picture car coordinator
Ravi Dube	....	picture car coordinator: UK
Jiri Fleischer	....	picture cars coordinator
Jiri Husak	....	transportation coordinator
Tomas Pelc	....	driver: Mr. Berg, Mr. Mandel and Mr. Schaffer
Pavel Voracek	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jennifer Allen	....	aerial unit operations
Sheila Allen	....	production accountant
Lukás Bech	....	location manager: additional photography
Jessica Bouz	....	production coordinator
Barbara Branch	....	first assistant accountant
Alisa Buckley	....	unit publicist
Andrea Bystrá	....	assistant location manager
Martin Cigler	....	production assistant: additional photography
Kaiser Clark	....	assistant to cast
Tom Clode	....	aerial safety engineer
Maria DeVane	....	post-production accountant
Gabriela Dolenska	....	translator
Petr Drozda	....	production assistant
Hana Duplinska	....	assistant: Mr. Berg, Mr. Mandel and Mr. Schaffer
Stepan Farkas	....	production assistant
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Veronika Gavlakova	....	production secretary
Brenna Graziano	....	adr loop group
Michael Grillo	....	head of feature production
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	location manager: Germany (as Klaus Darrelmann)
William Handley	....	webcam assistant
Rebecca Hertz	....	producer: main titles
Andrea Hirschegger	....	assistant: Mr. Reitman
Barbora Jurkovicova	....	location manager
Petr Kavalek	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer technician
Kazi Kopecka	....	script supervisor: additional photography
Jeffrey Krul	....	assistant: Mr. Berg, Mr. Mandel and Mr. Schaffer (as J.T. Krul)
Martina Ladislavová	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Lichtenegger	....	shipping coordinator (as Michael Miki Lichtenegger)
Karl Mefford	....	assistant: Mr. Medjuck
Steven R. Molen	....	production executive
Anne Morter	....	assistant: Ms. Marcus
Eva Nietschová	....	production accountant
Hilde Odelga	....	production coordinator
Monika Pechová	....	cashier
Nada Pinter	....	script supervisor
Lara Popic	....	assistant: Ms. Marcus
Bobby Ravanshenas	....	assistant to cast
Jennifer A. Reinish	....	assistant: Mr. Pollock (as Jennie Reinish)
Justin Thomas Rowe	....	assistant: Mr. Goldberg (as Justin Rowe)
Kelly Roy	....	assistant: Mr. Berg, Mr. Mandel and Mr. Schaffer
Lucie Ryan	....	production assistant
Jennifer Sanger	....	executive production coordinator
Rony Shino	....	assistant location manager
Imke Sommerkamp	....	production coordinator: Germany
Sean Stortroen	....	production assistant
Zuzana Sucha	....	assistant: Mr. Goldberg
Martin Supka	....	first aid
Richard Svojgr	....	assistant location manager
Jodi Tripi	....	researcher
Jim Turner	....	production controller
Goran Uljanic	....	assistant production coordinator
Juliet Ward	....	assistant: Mr. Reitman
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter pilot
Maren Wölk	....	assistant production coordinator: Germany
Dale Wyatt	....	dialogue coach
Jakub Zíka	....	payroll accountant
Mike Wike	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Pavel Bém	....	thanks (as Mayor Pavel Bem)
I.M. Pei	....	thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG (as DreamWorks Pictures) (presents)
• Montecito Picture Company, The
• Blue Sea Productions

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (Spain) (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Veronica (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Black Pool Studios (visual effects)
• HimAnI Productions (visual effects)
• Digital Dimension (visual effects)
• Smoke and Mirrors (visual effects)
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script clearance
• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• City of Rostock  thanks
• Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, The  thanks
• EXTRAfilms S.r.o.  extras casting
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• International School of Prague  thanks
• Major League Baseball Properties  The Major League Baseball trademarks depicted in this motion picture were licensed by
• Milan Records  soundtrack released by
• Musée du Louvre, Paris  thanks (as the Louvre Museum)
• Prague Department of Transportation  thanks
• Prague International Airport  thanks
• Prologue Films  titles
• Six Point Harness  main title animation
• Stillking Films  production facilities: Czech Republic
• Temptu  temporary tattoos

Also Known As:

Fistful of Euros (USA) (working title)
The Ugly Americans (USA) (working title)
Untitled Berg, Schaffer, Mandel Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Montecito Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and drug/alcohol content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Italian | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/16 (unrated DVD version) | Germany:12 (R rated version) | Italy:VM14 | Singapore:(Banned) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 (unrated DVD version) (cut) | Netherlands:12 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40500) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version)

Filming Locations:

Králodvorská Street, Staré Mesto, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

When the movie arrives in Germany, there is a white sign "automatische afsluiting" and blue sign showing a car being repaired. Both signs are not German, but Dutch. "Automatische afsluiting" means "Automatic locking".

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When they get to England it is 10.40 am, which would make it the middle of the night in the United States. However, depending on deadlines, it would not be at all unusual for a partner at a law firm to request files in the middle of the night, and certainly not unusual for a partner to be in the office by 5:40 am (assuming the characters live in the Eastern Time Zone and Eastern Time is currently five hours behind London).

Quotes:

[first lines]
P.A. announcer: Congratulations. Hudson High class of 2004!

Movie Connections:

References European Vacation (1985)

Soundtrack:

Make My Dreams Come True

Much much funnier than you would ever expect

I know, I know, the trailer looks supremely dumb, so why go see this movie? Certainly not because it was from the people who gave us such gems as Road Trip or Old School, that's for sure, and it's not like I even recognized anyone in the cast (other than Michelle Trachtenberg, best known as Buffy's little sister Dawn). I guess I went because I found the trailer mildly amusing and I still had $9 on an AMC gift card that I had been given for Christmas. I've seen movies with less provocation, I suppose.

Eurotrip follows the adventures of four teens, Scott (Scott Mechlowitz), Cooper (Jacob Pitts), and twins Jamie (Travis Wester) and Jenny (Trachtenberg) as they backpack around Europe between high school graduation and beginning college. There's sort of a plot driving the film as Scott wants to meet up with his e-mail pen pal Mieke (Jessica Boehrs), whom he thought was male but finds out is actually a very attractive female. But really the movie is an excuse to have fun with typical American Euro-stereotypes.

Naturally the four fresh-faced kids get into all sorts of hijinks as they make their way through London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, and so on. And the foursome are your basic group: Scott is the well-meaning lead, Cooper the sarcastic wise-ass, Jamie the uptight planner and Jenny - well, my first indication that this wouldn't be a typical dumb teen comedy was when the other three guys all treat Jenny as one of the guys, and of course she's uber-cute Trachtenberg. They repeatedly refuse to think of her as a girl despite the filmmakers really showing off Trachtenberg's budding assets, which continues to play as funny through most of the film.

It may sound hard to believe, but I don't think I have ever laughed as hard or as long at another film as I did at this one. Maybe it's because my expectations were pretty low, but this was a hysterically funny film. From the opening moments where Scott is dumped by slutty girlfriend Fiona (Smallville's Kristin Kreuk, in a terrific cameo) to the very end of the film, I pretty much laughed the entire 90 minutes. Not only is there clever verbal play and uproarious sight gags (the arrival at Bratislava was so funny I almost fell out of my seat laughing), but the writers were masters of the recurring gag - the best of which is a song about Scott's breakup with Fiona (it makes sense in the film) constantly popping up as they travel throughout Europe. One particular scene involving English soccer hooligans traveling to France (led by the smashing Vinnie Jones) had me laughing so hard I had tears rolling down my face.

Everyone gives a game performance. Scott Mechlowitz is perfect as Scott, with just the right mix of leading man humor and straight guy stiffness. Jacob Pitts' Cooper is surprisingly low key for the smart-ass; usually this kind of character is way over the top, but Cooper manages to be funny without ever taking it too far. Travis Webster plays his nerdly Jamie well; we never look down on the guy, even though he's the more uptight one in the group. And Trachtenberg seems right at home being one of the guys even while attempting to transform herself into an object of teenage lust. The cameos - Matt Damon as a punk singer, Lucy Lawless as a Dominatrix, Kreuk, and so on - are all well cast and well used. You'll recognize a lot of the bit players from other places (Guy Ritchie films, SNL, etc) but they all work very well.

I didn't expect this film to be so repeatedly and exceptionally funny, and I guess it caught me off guard. I can't recall laughing this hard at any film in the last five years, and maybe ever. I hesitate to call it the funniest movie I've ever seen, because I've seen some great comedies, but I was still chuckling at this film more than a half hour after I was out of the theater. As far as movies performing above expectations this is one of the tops in that category. I guess some people would be put off by the European stereotypes, but the film was so inventively humorous and excessively clever

(they do a great parody of the Indiana Jones 'moving around the map' bit) that I was blown away. This is a movie I fully intend to see again, maybe a few times, and I'm already clearing off space for it on the DVD shelf. But don't take my word for it - go see it yourself and see one of the funniest movies in years.