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By Jonathan Klotz
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Comedies have been missing from the theater for so long, a whole generation has come of age in a world without a major budget comedy released every month. Even when streaming, new comedies are rare, but one 2004 film, ignored in theaters, has thrived in the new world of entertainment and has become a cult classic. GureripTeenage type of raunchy comedy any studio will touch a 10 -foot pole today, more popular 20 years after its release than ever before, and it’s easy to stream for free thanks to Pluto TV.
Scotty does not know
Gurerip Starts with one of the best teenage party scenes in history when the recent Scotty (Scott Mechlowicz) and Cooper (Jacob Pitts) go to a party to help Scotty come over break up recently with Fiona (Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk). It goes pretty well, until the Lustra band takes the stage with forward Matt Damon as Donny, the lead vocalist, to play their new song, “Scotty doesn’t know.” Damon, taking a hoe from filming The grimm brothers Turning the silly song about cheating on Scotty into an absolute bang that fans will still sing to it today, and it’s an early highlight of the film even before Scotty goes on a trip to Europe.
Scotty begins to apologize to his German Penpal, Mieke (Jessica Boehrs), after assuming she was a guy thanks to her name, and he said as “Mike.” It’s a rimly reason to start the real plot of the movie, but Gurerip more involved with the two friends, and their classmates, the twins Jamie (Travis Wester) and Jenny (Buffy’s Michelle Trachtenberg), in strange situations surrounded by equally strange European characters. From Manchester’s United Soccer Hooligans, to Lucy Lawless Like Dominatrix, a first encounter with Absinthe, and a run -in with Vatican security, it is clear from the beginning that the film does not take itself seriously.
Gurerip Standing out among early aughts comedies glut not only by pushing each joke just past an absurd point, but by putting the four ARCs leaders a real character, motivations, and then solving everything in ways set up by the story itself. It is a simple concept, often called “storytelling,” but too often comedies let it fall to the side to enter one other Zinger. Given the author/directors team behind the film though, it should not be surprising that he can be smart and stupid at the same time.
The comedic genius behind Eurotrip
Alec Berg (fellow creator Marry), David Mandel (Showrunner of Peg), and Jeff Schaffer (creator The league) Wrote and directed all Gurerip After cutting their teeth writing for Sound and Curb your enthusiasmMaking them the most criminal writing team to work on teenagers. Their hard work led to a box office flop, bringing $ 22 million worldwide and reaching the $ 25 million budget, but only until the film hit a DVD where it exploded on the rental market. A second relief, included an undetected cut, was even more successful, although it only amounted to two extra minutes of photos.
The death of comedy movies was gradual and present, a film like Gurerip He would never get a wide theatrical relief and there is a good chance that he would never be lit green in the first place given how the market has changed. It’s been over 20 years since “Scotty doesn’t know” playing on the big screen, and could be 20 others before anyone tried to make a Risque Teen Road ROMP ever again.
To those who have not seen what makes Gurerip So good, the theatrical version is currently available for free streaming on Pluto TV, while the unbearable cut was released on Blu-ray in 2022.
