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    Road Trip

    Featured In Issue 167, May/June 2012

    Picture4
    Sound3.5
    WSR Score3.5
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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Paramount Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    14704
    (MPAA Rating):
    R/UR
    (Rating Reason):
    (Retail Price):
    $19.99
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-50)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    91/94
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    Not Indicated
    (Theatrical Year):
    2000
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    05/01/12
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    Todd Phillips
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    DTS HD Lossless 5.1
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    Josh (Meyer) has been together with Tiffany (Blanchard) since they were five years old, but when she goes off to veterinary school in Texas, while he studies in New York, their commitment is seriously tested. Josh makes the mistake of having a one-night stand. Well, that wasn't the mistake...it was taping them in the act. No, that was all right...the real mistake was when his friend accidentally mailed the tape to Tiffany. What do they do now? Road Trip—to get the tape back. (Laurie Sevano)

    Special features include the featurette Ever Been On A Road Trip? (SD 04:55), deleted scenes (SD 10:54), Eels music video "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues," a teaser trailer, and two international trailers.

    First reviewed in Issue 46, the anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 DVD exhibited a very pleasing picture in all aspects of image quality. Likewise, the 1.78:1 1080p AVC Blu-ray Disc™ picture exhibits well-balanced colors with full saturation, natural fleshtones, and deep blacks. Images are sharp overall, with excellent detail and definition at times. Some scenes are slightly soft. Contrast and shadow delineation are excellent, with a good gradation of visual information in the darker scenes. Film grain is revealed on occasion, but there are no major distractions, for a picture that will surely please. (Gary Reber)

    The DVD's DTS® Digital Surround™ and Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel discrete soundtracks offered adequate surround sound listening experiences in which the primary multichannel element was the music. The newly remastered DTS-HD Master Audio™ 5.1-channel soundtrack sounds truer, with better inner-track resolution. Sound effects comprise a soundstage that is significantly biased toward the screen. The sense of holosonic® envelopment is certainly wanting, and the surrounds are typically limited to atmosphere from the music. Voices have a natural-sounding presence, with generally good spatial integration. The music effectively permeates the listening space, with a rather convincing low end (the .1 LFE is not a significant factor for this soundtrack). This is a conventional sonic presentation, with a limitation in terms of an underwhelming surround sound experience, in the absence of music. (Gary Reber)

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