College Road Trip (2008)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Roger Kumble

Writers (WGA):

Emi Mochizuki (written by) &
Carrie Evans (written by) ...

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

They just can't get there fast enough.

Plot:

When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | Product Placement | Chess | Thanksgiving | Shooting Range

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Chief James Porter
Raven-Symoné	...	Melanie Porter
Brenda Song	...	Nancy
Adam LeFevre	...	Judge
Eugene Jones III	...	Hunter (as Eugene Jones)
Kym Whitley	...	Michelle Porter (as Kym E. Whitley)
Margo Harshman	...	Katie
Lucas Grabeel	...	Scooter
Matthew Schlein	...	Jury Foreman
Eshaya Draper	...	Trey Porter
Will Sasso	...	Deputy O'Mally
Geneva Carr	...	Mrs. O'Mally
Na'Kia Bell Smith	...	Young Melanie Porter
Josh Meyers	...	Stuart
Lonny Ross	...	Student Guide

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's College Road Trip (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Malaysia:U | USA:G (certificate #44139) | South Korea:12 | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

At approximately 00:15:05 into the movie, Albert the pig is seen briefly near a crayon drawing (presumably drawn by Albert) of the words "SOME PIG". This is a reference to the classic book "Charlotte's Web" where the words "SOME PIG" are used to distinguish the uniqueness of Wilbur, the porcine main character.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In one scene in Chief Porter's Police SUV, part of the director's head is shown in the back seat on Raven's side.

Quotes:

Trey Porter: You know, Sigmund Freud said the best way to understand women is by listening to them.
Chief James Porter: Did he say anything about understanding ten year-olds?

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Double Dutch Bus

At least I made 50 bucks by sitting through it

Martin Lawrence, who hasn't been involved in a worth while movie since Abraham Lincoln was president, is back again. My friends talked me into seeing this (instead of a good movie), promising to each pay me the cost of admission if it turned out to be as awful as we had been warned. "Oh, the critics are never right," they said. Yes, the critics are right about this film, and at least I won the bet, but it was a painful way to earn 50 bucks.

Lawrence just makes a fool out of himself. The premise is worthless to begin with: frantic dad sticks his nose in his daughter's business as she begins her college career. There is no humor in that. Somehow, it gets worse. The writing is abysmal; of note are the endless babbling speeches by Lawrence, pre-school intelligence level gags, stereotypical characterizations that went out with the dinosaurs, and horribly executed slapstick scenes. The direction is zero: it just poses Lawrence in your face like he's doing a stand-up routine, while other nameless characters do a lousy job of trying to pretend they think he's funny. The amateurish cast's irritating over-acting makes this cinematic flop even more torturous.

The audience, like the daughter character in the film, will want to escape from Lawrence's manic ramblings as quickly as possible. Expect this one to have a very short general-release lifetime before it gets shelved in the 99 cent video grocery store bin, and mercifully forgotten.