One-nut wonder Tom Green claims he actually soiled himself while shooting a scene for "Road Trip" that featured a too-realistic fake snake. Sounds like the perfect heir to the "American Pie" summer gross-out-comedy crown to us.

The film, which also shows MTV's resident madman sucking rodent face, is based on the hoary college-boy premise that "When you're in a committed relationship and have sex with another person, it's not cheating if you're in different area codes... But it is definitely cheating if you videotape it and someone accidentally mails the tape to your girlfriend, which--to his horror--is exactly what happened to Josh." So Josh enlists a couple of college buds to go on an 1,800-mile odyssey to grab the tape and salvage his lovelife.

Besides the psychotically fascinating Green, "Road Trip" has several other things going for it that will likely add up to box-office bonanza: Directing by Todd Phillips, who snared the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for his controversial "Frat House"; a just- hip -enough soundtrack; and an up-and-coming cast featuring "American Pie" alum Sean W. Scott, Breckin Meyer ("Go," "54"), Amy Smart ("Outside Providence," "Varsity Blues"), and Rachel Blanchard, who played Cher in the TV version of "Clueless."

 

Newcity.com affiliates gas up for "Road Trip": KICKING ASPHALT Road Trip takes the lowbrow teen comedy to funny new lows ROADSIDE DISTRACTION It's not awful, but as rowdy, raunchy R-rated teen flicks go, "Road Trip" delivers about one-twentieth of the acid wit of "There's Something About Mary" WHATSAMATTA U "Road Trip" is a welcome addition to the gross-out school of comedy HIGH-OCTANE HUMOR This is not grim and gritty reality, just really funny nonsense PLAYING DUMBER "Road Trip"'s calculated cluelessness makes for a sweet ride