Moreover, the friendship between Scott and Cooper is refreshingly loyal. Cooper is a hedonist, but he never abandons his friend. The final shot of the film—the four friends on a beach, covered in robot sex doll parts—is a surprisingly sweet depiction of found family. In the age of hyper-aware, quippy streaming comedies, EuroTrip feels like a relic from a more reckless era. It was rated R for a reason: nudity, language, drug use, and a truly unforgettable scene involving a crepe and a suggestive hand gesture.
The mission: Get to Berlin. The obstacles: Everything. No discussion of EuroTrip is complete without the titanium earworm that is “Scotty Doesn’t Know.” Sung by Matt Damon in a memorable cameo as a skeevy punk rocker, the song is the film’s thesis statement. It is brutally honest, hilariously petty, and impossibly catchy. It transcended the movie to become a pop-punk staple, often played at parties by people who have no idea it originated from a scene where a character is graphically informed his girlfriend has been cheating on him with a musician. EuroTrip
Mi scusi. It’s a classic.