EuroTrip
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EuroTrip is a 2004 teen comedy film directed by Jeff Schaffer
and written by Alec Berg
, David Mandel
and Schaffer. The main plot follows Scotty "Scott" Thomas (portrayed by Scott Mechlowicz
) from Hudson, Ohio
who travels across Europe
to search for his German
pen pal
Mieke (portrayed by Jessica Böhrs), whom he initially mistakes for a man named Mike. Realizing he has feelings for Mieke, Scott visits London
, Paris
, Amsterdam
, Bratislava
, Berlin
, and Rome
, encountering awkward and embarrassing situations along the way.
, where Scotty "Scott" Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz
) is dumped by his girlfriend Fiona (Kristin Kreuk
) following his high school graduation. Later that evening, Scott and his best friend, Cooper Harris (Jacob Pitts
), attend a graduation party and learn that Fiona has been sleeping with Donny (Matt Damon
), the lead singer of a college band, and are treated to a performance of the song "Scotty Doesn't Know
", a song that details the affair. Drunk and angry, Scott returns home and receives an e-mail reply from his German
pen pal Mieke (Jessica Böhrs), whom he believes to be a guy thinking her name is pronounced as "Mike". Mieke feels sorry for all that has happened and wants to arrange a meeting in order to make Scott feel better. Thinking of a comment Cooper said earlier about the Internet being full of homosexuals, Scott tells Mieke to stay away from him. However, Scott's younger brother Bert (Nial Iskhakov) explains that "Mieke" in German
is not "Mike", but actually similar to "Michelle" in English
. Realizing his mistake and that he has feelings for Mieke, Scott attempts desperately to contact her again, only to find that Mieke has blocked his address. Pushed by Cooper to search for Mieke, Scott resolves to travel to Europe
to fix the situation and confront Mieke face-to-face.
Unable to afford a passenger ticket, Scott and Cooper receive their discounted rate by traveling as couriers to London
, where they end up befriending the members of a Manchester United
football hooligan firm
, led by Mad Maynard (Vinnie Jones
), after accidentally stumbling upon their pub and escaping a fight by claiming themselves as members of a Manchester United fan club from Ohio. After a wild night of drinking, Scott and Cooper woke up on a double-decker bus on their way to Paris
for a Manchester United game, where they eventually meet up with their fraternal twin friends Jenny and Jamie (Michelle Trachtenberg
and Travis Wester
), who decide that they will accompany them to Berlin
to find Mieke. They agree on visiting other parts of Europe, since this will be the last summer the four of them will spend together before going off to different colleges. Following a long train ride with an over-enthusiastic Italian man (Fred Armisen
) attempting to grope Jamie, the group ends up in the fictional French town of Crans Sur Mer, but leave immediately after realizing that women go to the other nude beach
because during the summer, perverted foreigners flock the beach to only either grope or stare at the females private parts. In Amsterdam
, Cooper heads to Club Vandersexxx, which is actually a brutal BDSM
club and he is subjected to sadistic torture, which is allowed to continue only because he can't pronounce the "safe word" to get it to stop. Meanwhile, Scott and Jenny mistakenly go to a café and eat what they believe to be hash brownies and proceed to "freak out," only to realize that they are normal brownies. While Jamie is at a camera store seeking to have his prized Leica M7 camera
cleaned, the female shopkeeper took him to the alley to engage in oral sex
. However, Jamie is robbed of everything by a mugger (Diedrich Bader
).
The group then complains at the situation Jamie gave them, with Cooper complaining about how can he get laid while he gets tortured in a bondage club. With no choice, but to hitchhike to Berlin, they manage to get a truck driver to pull over. However, he does not speak English, and Scott intervenes saying that he speaks some German and crudely asks the driver if he can take them to Berlin. The driver mentions Berlin in his speech numerous times, he is actually saying he is going nowhere near Berlin, as he is wanted there for assaulting a woman and raping a horse. The group ultimately end up in Bratislava
, where they are horrified by the desolation of Eastern Europe
after the end of the Cold War
. They talk to a Slovak man (Rade Šerbedžija
), who loves 1980s American television series and uses familiar 1980s catchphrases. Deciding to have "some more fun", they arrive at a nightclub and dance to a Euro version of "Scotty Doesn't Know". The club is owned by a man named Kristoff, whom Jenny met at the railway station in Paris earlier. Jenny nearly falls in love for Kristoff, until she discovers that he is married and bisexual
. In a fit of depression, Jenny downs half a bottle of absinthe
, becoming so intoxicated she makes out with her brother, who are both horrified after snapping back to reality. The next day, the same Slovak man drives them to Berlin, where Mieke's father (Walter Sittler) informs Scott and Cooper that his daughter has gone with the tour group for the summer and will only be reachable in Rome
for a short time. In order to afford flight tickets to Rome to find Mieke, Jamie sells his precious Leica camera.
In Rome, the four friends head to the Vatican City
, where Mieke will tour before she leaves. However, the group are unable to get through inside the Vatican to follow Mieke, but in the end, they get inside after Jamie is able to convince the Swiss Guard
s that he is a tour guide. Once inside, Jamie is asked to replace one of the tour guides who was too sick to go to work. Meanwhile, Cooper accidentally rings the bell of Saint Marco and sets fire to a Papal mitre
. Throwing it onto the fireplace, it lights up in white smoke over the Vatican, making everyone around the world presume that a new pope has been elected. Attempting to escape, Scott gets tangled in a golden curtain, and stumbles out on the balcony where he is presumed to be the new pope. Spotting Mieke, Scott jumps down a banister to meet up with her. Although the Swiss Guards realize what is going on and attempt to stop Scott and Cooper and severely punish them for their actions, the football hooligans from London return and eventually rescue Scott and Cooper. Scott finally introduces himself to Mieke in person and upon confessing his love for her, Mieke has sex with Scott in a confessional. Before Mieke boards her boat, she told Scott to continue to write to her. A man whom Jamie took on a tour of the Vatican turns out to be Arthur Frommer
, author of the guidebook Jamie has memorized, and he hires Jamie to tour every museum and cathedral across Europe. Scott, Cooper, and Jenny finally get their passports and prepare to return back to Ohio. On the group's return trip, Jenny entices Cooper to have sex with her in one of the plane's toilets, finally realizing his dream of "crazy European sex". The film ends when Scott moves to Oberlin College
in the fall and is surprised to see Mieke, who states that, due to another misunderstanding about her name, she is his roommate, and Scott and Mieke embrace each other.
, Czech Republic
, especially in the streets close to the Rudolfinum
. The opening scene set in the United States was filmed at the International School of Prague
. The scene when the main characters are boarding the train station in Paris was filmed in Prague's main railway station (Hlavní nádraží
). The scene inside Vatican City was actually filmed in Prague's National Museum
.
and Canada
on February 20, 2004 in 2,512 theaters. Over its opening weekend, the film grossed $6,711,384. It went on to gross $17,771,387 in the United States and Canada and $3,025,460 in other territories for a worldwide total of $20,796,847.
, the film received a 47% approval rating based on 111 reviews and a 23% rating based on 26 reviews from top critics. On Metacritic
, the film scored 45 out of 100 based on 30 reviews.
. In the film, there is an image of Pope and a Vatican setting.
Jeff Schaffer
Jeff Schaffer is an American film and television director, writer, and producer.-Television:Schaffer wrote several episodes of Seinfeld. He also served as executive producer during season 9...
and written by Alec Berg
Alec Berg
Alec Berg is a comedy writer, best known as a writer for the sitcom Seinfeld. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the Hat, EuroTrip, and The Dictator...
, David Mandel
David Mandel
David Mandel is an executive producer and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm , and one of the producers of the teen-comedy Eurotrip. He was a writer for Seinfeld during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons. He is also one of the creators of Clerks: The Animated Series, and he was a writer for...
and Schaffer. The main plot follows Scotty "Scott" Thomas (portrayed by Scott Mechlowicz
Scott Mechlowicz
Scott David Mechlowicz is an American actor. He began his professional acting career in 2003, working in commercials and television, and is best known for his lead roles in the films EuroTrip, Mean Creek, Peaceful Warrior, Gone, Undocumented, and Cat Run.- Early life :Mechlowicz was born in New...
) from Hudson, Ohio
Hudson, Ohio
Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,262 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent exurban community and is part of the Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
who travels across Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to search for his German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
pen pal
Pen pal
Pen pals are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail.-Purposes:A penpal relationship is often used to practice reading and writing in a foreign language, to improve literacy, to learn more about other countries and life-styles, and to make friendships...
Mieke (portrayed by Jessica Böhrs), whom he initially mistakes for a man named Mike. Realizing he has feelings for Mieke, Scott visits London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, encountering awkward and embarrassing situations along the way.
Plot
The film begins in Hudson, OhioHudson, Ohio
Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,262 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent exurban community and is part of the Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, where Scotty "Scott" Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz
Scott Mechlowicz
Scott David Mechlowicz is an American actor. He began his professional acting career in 2003, working in commercials and television, and is best known for his lead roles in the films EuroTrip, Mean Creek, Peaceful Warrior, Gone, Undocumented, and Cat Run.- Early life :Mechlowicz was born in New...
) is dumped by his girlfriend Fiona (Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Laura Kreuk is a Canadian actress and producer, known for her portrayal of Lana Lang in the American television series Smallville. She was also a regular cast member on the Canadian teen drama Edgemont, and has starred in movies such as Eurotrip and Street Fighter: The Legend of...
) following his high school graduation. Later that evening, Scott and his best friend, Cooper Harris (Jacob Pitts
Jacob Pitts
Jacob Pitts is an actor. His most notable performance was in the film EuroTrip as Cooper Harris. He appeared in the play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004...
), attend a graduation party and learn that Fiona has been sleeping with Donny (Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
), the lead singer of a college band, and are treated to a performance of the song "Scotty Doesn't Know
Scotty Doesn't Know
"Scotty Doesn't Know" is a song that was written exclusively for the movie EuroTrip. It was written and performed by the American pop punk band Lustra. It was eventually released in their 2006 Left for Dead album where it was heavily downloaded on iTunes. It peaked at #53 on the U.S...
", a song that details the affair. Drunk and angry, Scott returns home and receives an e-mail reply from his German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
pen pal Mieke (Jessica Böhrs), whom he believes to be a guy thinking her name is pronounced as "Mike". Mieke feels sorry for all that has happened and wants to arrange a meeting in order to make Scott feel better. Thinking of a comment Cooper said earlier about the Internet being full of homosexuals, Scott tells Mieke to stay away from him. However, Scott's younger brother Bert (Nial Iskhakov) explains that "Mieke" in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
is not "Mike", but actually similar to "Michelle" in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Realizing his mistake and that he has feelings for Mieke, Scott attempts desperately to contact her again, only to find that Mieke has blocked his address. Pushed by Cooper to search for Mieke, Scott resolves to travel to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to fix the situation and confront Mieke face-to-face.
Unable to afford a passenger ticket, Scott and Cooper receive their discounted rate by traveling as couriers to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where they end up befriending the members of a Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
football hooligan firm
Red Army (football)
The Red Army is a hooligan firm who follow English football club Manchester United. Although today the term Red Army is used mostly to refer to fans of the club in general, the hooligan firm have been one of the largest and most feared firms in British football...
, led by Mad Maynard (Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...
), after accidentally stumbling upon their pub and escaping a fight by claiming themselves as members of a Manchester United fan club from Ohio. After a wild night of drinking, Scott and Cooper woke up on a double-decker bus on their way to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
for a Manchester United game, where they eventually meet up with their fraternal twin friends Jenny and Jamie (Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl...
and Travis Wester
Travis Wester
Travis Wester is an American pianist and actor who got his start in the film industry by playing the part of Austin Sanders in Beverly Hills, 90210. He is perhaps most well known for playing the character Jamie in EuroTrip...
), who decide that they will accompany them to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
to find Mieke. They agree on visiting other parts of Europe, since this will be the last summer the four of them will spend together before going off to different colleges. Following a long train ride with an over-enthusiastic Italian man (Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Anchorman and Cop Out...
) attempting to grope Jamie, the group ends up in the fictional French town of Crans Sur Mer, but leave immediately after realizing that women go to the other nude beach
Nude beach
A nude beach is a beach where users are legally at liberty to be nude. Sometimes the terms clothing-optional beach or free beach are used. Nude bathing is one of the most common forms of nudity in public. As beaches are usually on public lands, any member of the public is entitled to use the...
because during the summer, perverted foreigners flock the beach to only either grope or stare at the females private parts. In Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Cooper heads to Club Vandersexxx, which is actually a brutal BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
club and he is subjected to sadistic torture, which is allowed to continue only because he can't pronounce the "safe word" to get it to stop. Meanwhile, Scott and Jenny mistakenly go to a café and eat what they believe to be hash brownies and proceed to "freak out," only to realize that they are normal brownies. While Jamie is at a camera store seeking to have his prized Leica M7 camera
Leica M7
The Leica M7 is a 35 mm camera by Leica AG introduced in 2002. It is the direct successor to the M6. The Leica M7 is a departure from previous mechanical designs for the M series....
cleaned, the female shopkeeper took him to the alley to engage in oral sex
Oral sex
Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...
. However, Jamie is robbed of everything by a mugger (Diedrich Bader
Diedrich Bader
Karl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, the Tae Kwon Do instructor Rex from Napoleon Dynamite, Tank "Shredder" Evans in Surf's...
).
The group then complains at the situation Jamie gave them, with Cooper complaining about how can he get laid while he gets tortured in a bondage club. With no choice, but to hitchhike to Berlin, they manage to get a truck driver to pull over. However, he does not speak English, and Scott intervenes saying that he speaks some German and crudely asks the driver if he can take them to Berlin. The driver mentions Berlin in his speech numerous times, he is actually saying he is going nowhere near Berlin, as he is wanted there for assaulting a woman and raping a horse. The group ultimately end up in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, where they are horrified by the desolation of Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
after the end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. They talk to a Slovak man (Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
), who loves 1980s American television series and uses familiar 1980s catchphrases. Deciding to have "some more fun", they arrive at a nightclub and dance to a Euro version of "Scotty Doesn't Know". The club is owned by a man named Kristoff, whom Jenny met at the railway station in Paris earlier. Jenny nearly falls in love for Kristoff, until she discovers that he is married and bisexual
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
. In a fit of depression, Jenny downs half a bottle of absinthe
Absinthe
Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel...
, becoming so intoxicated she makes out with her brother, who are both horrified after snapping back to reality. The next day, the same Slovak man drives them to Berlin, where Mieke's father (Walter Sittler) informs Scott and Cooper that his daughter has gone with the tour group for the summer and will only be reachable in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
for a short time. In order to afford flight tickets to Rome to find Mieke, Jamie sells his precious Leica camera.
In Rome, the four friends head to the Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, where Mieke will tour before she leaves. However, the group are unable to get through inside the Vatican to follow Mieke, but in the end, they get inside after Jamie is able to convince the Swiss Guard
Swiss Guard
Swiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high reputation for discipline, as well as loyalty to their employers...
s that he is a tour guide. Once inside, Jamie is asked to replace one of the tour guides who was too sick to go to work. Meanwhile, Cooper accidentally rings the bell of Saint Marco and sets fire to a Papal mitre
Mitre
The mitre , also spelled miter, is a type of headwear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and certain abbots in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, and also bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Orthodox...
. Throwing it onto the fireplace, it lights up in white smoke over the Vatican, making everyone around the world presume that a new pope has been elected. Attempting to escape, Scott gets tangled in a golden curtain, and stumbles out on the balcony where he is presumed to be the new pope. Spotting Mieke, Scott jumps down a banister to meet up with her. Although the Swiss Guards realize what is going on and attempt to stop Scott and Cooper and severely punish them for their actions, the football hooligans from London return and eventually rescue Scott and Cooper. Scott finally introduces himself to Mieke in person and upon confessing his love for her, Mieke has sex with Scott in a confessional. Before Mieke boards her boat, she told Scott to continue to write to her. A man whom Jamie took on a tour of the Vatican turns out to be Arthur Frommer
Arthur Frommer
Arthur Frommer is a travel writer, publisher and consumer advocate, and the founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. He has published many books for budget-conscious travelers and has been one of America's foremost budget travel authorities...
, author of the guidebook Jamie has memorized, and he hires Jamie to tour every museum and cathedral across Europe. Scott, Cooper, and Jenny finally get their passports and prepare to return back to Ohio. On the group's return trip, Jenny entices Cooper to have sex with her in one of the plane's toilets, finally realizing his dream of "crazy European sex". The film ends when Scott moves to Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in the fall and is surprised to see Mieke, who states that, due to another misunderstanding about her name, she is his roommate, and Scott and Mieke embrace each other.
Cast
- Scott MechlowiczScott MechlowiczScott David Mechlowicz is an American actor. He began his professional acting career in 2003, working in commercials and television, and is best known for his lead roles in the films EuroTrip, Mean Creek, Peaceful Warrior, Gone, Undocumented, and Cat Run.- Early life :Mechlowicz was born in New...
as Scott "Scotty" Thomas - Jacob PittsJacob PittsJacob Pitts is an actor. His most notable performance was in the film EuroTrip as Cooper Harris. He appeared in the play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre in May 2004...
as Cooper Harris - Michelle TrachtenbergMichelle TrachtenbergMichelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl...
as Jenny - Travis WesterTravis WesterTravis Wester is an American pianist and actor who got his start in the film industry by playing the part of Austin Sanders in Beverly Hills, 90210. He is perhaps most well known for playing the character Jamie in EuroTrip...
as Jamie - Jessica BoehrsJessica BoehrsJessica Boehrs is a German singer and actress. Boehrs started her singing career in 1996 in the band JessVaness, and produced vocals for a Hands Up project Novaspace, which performed a few Top-10 hit-singles including "Time After Time", "Guardian Angel", and "Beds Are Burning"...
as Mieke - Kristin KreukKristin KreukKristin Laura Kreuk is a Canadian actress and producer, known for her portrayal of Lana Lang in the American television series Smallville. She was also a regular cast member on the Canadian teen drama Edgemont, and has starred in movies such as Eurotrip and Street Fighter: The Legend of...
as Fiona - Nial Iskhakov as Bert Thomas (Scott's brother)
- Vinnie JonesVinnie JonesVincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...
as Mad Maynard (Hooligans' leader) - Patrick Rapold as Kristoff
- Matt DamonMatt DamonMatthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
as Donny - Fred ArmisenFred ArmisenFred Armisen is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Anchorman and Cop Out...
as Creepy Italian Male on Train - Joanna LumleyJoanna LumleyJoanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...
as Hostel Clerk - Lucy LawlessLucy LawlessLucy Lawless, MNZM is a New Zealander actress and singer best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess....
as Madame Vandersexxx - Jeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborJeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...
as Mr. Thomas - Rade ŠerbedžijaRade ŠerbedžijaRade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
as Tibor - J. P. Manoux as Robot Mime from the Louvre
- Jana PallaskeJana PallaskeJana Pallaske is a German actress and singer in the rock band Spitting Off Tall Buildings.-Filmography:* Alaska.de , Sabine* Jeans , Nina* Engel & Joe , Joe* Baader , Karin...
, as Anna, the Camera Store Girl - Diedrich BaderDiedrich BaderKarl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, the Tae Kwon Do instructor Rex from Napoleon Dynamite, Tank "Shredder" Evans in Surf's...
as Alleyway thief - Anetta Keys, Veronica Vanoza as Club Vandersexxx Girls (uncredited)
- Patrick MalahidePatrick MalahidePatrick Malahide is a British actor, who has played many major film and television roles.-Personal life:Malahide, real name Patrick Gerald Duggan, was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants, a cook mother and a school secretary father...
as Arthur FrommerArthur FrommerArthur Frommer is a travel writer, publisher and consumer advocate, and the founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. He has published many books for budget-conscious travelers and has been one of America's foremost budget travel authorities...
Production
Writers Mandel, Berg, and Schaffer all directed while only Schaffer could achieve director credit, according to the DVD filmmaker commentary. All scenes were filmed in PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, especially in the streets close to the Rudolfinum
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum is a music auditorium in Prague, Czech Republic. It is designed in the neo-renaissance style and is situated on Jan Palach Square on the bank of the river Vltava.-Overview:...
. The opening scene set in the United States was filmed at the International School of Prague
International School of Prague
The International School of Prague is an international school in Prague, Czech Republic. The school is divided into an Early Childhood Center , and Elementary, Middle and Upper Schools....
. The scene when the main characters are boarding the train station in Paris was filmed in Prague's main railway station (Hlavní nádraží
Praha hlavní nádraží
Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest and most important railway station in Prague in the Czech Republic. It was originally opened in 1871 and named Franz Joseph I after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1953 the station was called Wilson station after former...
). The scene inside Vatican City was actually filmed in Prague's National Museum
National Museum (Prague)
The National museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded 1818 in Prague by Kašpar Maria Šternberg...
.
Box office
The film was released in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on February 20, 2004 in 2,512 theaters. Over its opening weekend, the film grossed $6,711,384. It went on to gross $17,771,387 in the United States and Canada and $3,025,460 in other territories for a worldwide total of $20,796,847.
Critical reception
On the review aggregate website Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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, the film received a 47% approval rating based on 111 reviews and a 23% rating based on 26 reviews from top critics. On Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, the film scored 45 out of 100 based on 30 reviews.
Home media
The film was released on DVD in the U.S. on June 1, 2004, in an R-rated theatrical version (91 minutes) and an "Unrated" extended version (93 minutes). The film was to premiere on HBO on April 2, 2005, but the studio scrapped the premiere due to the death of Pope John Paul IIFuneral of Pope John Paul II
The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held on 8 April 2005, six days after his death on 2 April. The funeral was followed by the novemdiales devotional in which the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches observe nine days of mourning....
. In the film, there is an image of Pope and a Vatican setting.
Soundtrack
- "Scotty Doesn't KnowScotty Doesn't Know"Scotty Doesn't Know" is a song that was written exclusively for the movie EuroTrip. It was written and performed by the American pop punk band Lustra. It was eventually released in their 2006 Left for Dead album where it was heavily downloaded on iTunes. It peaked at #53 on the U.S...
" - LustraLustra (band)Lustra is an American pop punk band originally from Boston and later from Los Angeles.Bandmembers Chris Baird, Nick Cloutman, Jon Baird, and Jason Adams first played together in 1996 under the name Seventeen, releasing two full-lengths and an EP under this name. Bruce Fulford joined the group... - "My Generation" - ChapeaumelonChapeaumelonChapeaumelon is a French-Canadian band most notable for a cover of The Who's My Generation used in the 2004 film Eurotrip and its soundtrack.-History:...
(The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
cover) - "Wild OneWild One (Johnny O'Keefe song)"Wild One" or "Real Wild Child" is an Australian rock and roll song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. Sydney disc jockey Tony Withers was credited with helping to get radio airplay for the song but writer credits on subsequent versions often omit Withers, who later worked...
" - WakefieldWakefield (band)Wakefield is a 4 piece rock band from Mechanicsville, Maryland. The band consists of singer Ryan Escolopio, his brother and former Good Charlotte drummer, Aaron Escolopio, their cousin and bass player Mike Schoolden , and guitarist J.D. Tennyson.-Early years:Ryan, JD, and Mike formed the band with... - "99 Red Balloons99 Luftballons"99 Luftballons" is a protest song by the German pop-rock band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. Originally sung in German, it was later re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons" for their album 99 Luftballons in 1984...
" - GoldfingerGoldfinger (band)Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. Currently, the band is composed of vocalist/guitarist John Feldmann, guitarist Charlie Paulson, bassist Kelly LeMieux, and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer...
(NenaNenaGabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she...
cover) - "In The City" - The JamThe JamThe Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
- "Shooting Stars" - Cauterize
- "Nonchalant" - ChapeaumelonChapeaumelonChapeaumelon is a French-Canadian band most notable for a cover of The Who's My Generation used in the 2004 film Eurotrip and its soundtrack.-History:...
- "Scotty Doesn't Know" (Euro Version) - MC Jeffsky
- "Make My Dreams Come True" - Apollo 440Apollo 440Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...
- "Du" - David HasselhoffDavid HasselhoffDavid Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
(Peter MaffayPeter MaffayPeter Alexander Makkay better known as Peter Maffay is a German musician.- Biography :Born in Brasov, Romania, the son of a German , he was 14 when his family relocated to his parents' Germany in 1963. In the same year, he started his first band, The Dukes...
cover) - "Les Promesses" - Autour De LucieAutour de LucieAutour de Lucie is a French pop rock band, consisting of vocalist Valérie Leulliot, guitarist Olivier Durand and bassist Fabrice Dumont. Their albums are released in France on Le Village Vert, and in North America on Nettwerk....
- "I Love Marijuana" - Linval ThompsonLinval ThompsonLinval Thompson is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and record producer.-Biography:Thompson was raised in Kingston, Jamaica, but spent time with his mother in Queens, New York, and his recording career began around the age of 20 with the self-released "No Other Woman," recorded in Brooklyn, New...
- "Turn It Up" - Ugly DucklingUgly Duckling (hip hop group)Ugly Duckling is an American hip hop group that formed around 1993 in Long Beach, California. Ugly Duckling's members include Dizzy Dustin , Young Einstein and Andy Cat . They took the name Ugly Duckling because they felt like outcasts on the Southern California hip hop scene of the mid-1990s...
- "Get Loose" - The SaladsThe SaladsThe Salads are a punk rock band from Ontario, Canada, with strong reggae tendencies. They are currently signed to their own label, Maui Wowie Records, after having been signed to Kindling Music, a sub-division of Warner Music Canada.- History :...
Additional tracks
The film features additional tracks not included on the soundtrack album:- "Morning Train (9 to 5)", a song by Sheena EastonSheena EastonSheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
plays after the football hooligans, having forced Scott and Cooper to "sing the Manchester United song", approve of Scott's altered ending to the song - "England 5 - Germany 1", a song by the seminal English Oi!Oi!Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
band The BusinessThe Business (band)The Business are an English Oi!/punk rock band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. Their album Suburban Rebels became influential in the Oi! movement...
, plays on the hooligan bus trip to Paris - "ProsperProsperProsper may refer to:In people:* Prosper de Mestre Sydney businessman fom 1818 to 1844* Prosper of Aquitaine, also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian writer and disciple of St Augustine* Prosper of Catenanuova, martyr, patron saint of Catenanuova...
", a song by Maurice ChevalierMaurice ChevalierMaurice Auguste Chevalier was a French actor, singer, entertainer and a noted Sprechgesang performer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including Louise, Mimi, Valentine, and Thank Heaven for Little Girls and for his films including The Love Parade and The Big Pond...
is playing over the background in the scene at the Louvre when the panning camera stops and returns to ogle a beautiful brunette - "Two TribesTwo Tribes"Two Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984 . The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome....
" by Frankie Goes To HollywoodFrankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...
plays during the robot fight scene outside the Louvre - "Ça plane pour moiÇa plane pour moi"'" is a punk rock song by Plastic Bertrand, although the voice on the original recordings is of producer Lou Deprijck. It was issued as a single in December 1977. The song was composed by Yvan Lacomblez and produced by Lou Deprijck. "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", an adaptation recorded in November 1977 by...
", a song by Belgian musician Plastic BertrandPlastic BertrandPlastic Bertrand is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".-Early life and bands:...
, can be heard when the four friends first get on the train - Donna SummerDonna SummerLaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
's 1979 hit "Hot StuffHot Stuff (Donna Summer song)"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American singer Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records...
" is featured in the scene where the four are on the train to Amsterdam - "Let Forever BeLet Forever Be"Let Forever Be" is a song by English big beat band The Chemical Brothers, released as the second single from their third album Surrender. It contains the vocals of Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who also co-wrote the song....
", a song sung by Noel GallagherNoel GallagherNoel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and principal songwriter of the English rock band Oasis. He is currently fronting his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Raised in Burnage, Manchester with his...
of OasisOasis (band)Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
on lead vocals and performed by The Chemical BrothersThe Chemical BrothersThe Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
. It can be heard in the unrated edition where the twins are seen drunkenly kissing each other - Bloodhound GangBloodhound GangBloodhound Gang is a Collegeville, Pennsylvania-based American comedy band, although it began as a rap group and gradually changed its genre throughout the years...
's "The Bad TouchThe Bad Touch"The Bad Touch" is the first single by the Bloodhound Gang of their 1999 album Hooray for Boobies. It was released in 1999 internationally and, a year later, in the US and UK. The song was also remixed by God Lives Underwater and Eiffel 65. Like much of the Bloodhound Gang's other music, the song...
". The song can be heard in the film when Cooper is walking in Amsterdam looking for Club Vandersexx - "Keine Überdosis Deutschland", a song by NormahlNormahlNormahl is a German punk band formed in 1978 in Winnenden near Stuttgart by four high school students. Their first major entry into the U.S. was with the song Keine Überdosis Deutschland featured in the hit movie Euro Trip.- Albums :...
, can be heard during the journey through Germany to Bratislava - "The Sacred War" during the visit in Slovakia
- "Are You Gonna Be My GirlAre You Gonna Be My Girl"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. Written by Nic Cester & Cameron Muncey, the song is often cited for ...
" by JetJet (band)Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
is used in the scene where they take off in an airplane - "Horndog" by Overseer plays during the club scene in Eastern Europe
- "In the City" by The JamThe JamThe Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
is used in the montage after arriving in London