College Road Trip (2008)

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.

Director:

Roger Kumble

Writers:

Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Evans,

Stars:

Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symoné, Kym Whitley

1 nomination.

Cast

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

Storyline

Melanie Porter (Raven-Symone)is a talented high school graduate who has selected a University 800 miles from home. Her over protective father, James (Martin Lawrence) doesn't want her to be so far away, so he cooks up a plot to try to convince her to go to a local University. On the guise of going to her selected university, he forces a visit to his preferred (close to home) school. This is a typical road trip movie with lost cars, bumming rides on buses and planes, covering that difficult time of life when a father loses control of his daughter.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | party | airport | gps | northwestern university | 

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Taglines:

They just can't get there fast enough.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's College Road Trip

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£121,360 (UK) (22 August 2008)

Gross:

£121,360 (UK) (22 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Gunn Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

In the early scene of the Chief and Nancy in bed they show Nancy putting a pink sleep mask over her eyes. When the chief wakes her she is seen raising the sleep mask to her the top of her head but when shown from over his shoulder, the mask is nowhere to be seen. When they cut back to her again, the mask is back on top of her head.

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Quotes

Trey Porter: In the future all video will be implanted in our brains.

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Connections

References RV (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Mr. Big Stuff"
Written by Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington and Ralph Williams
Performed by Jean Knight
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

An Okay Film

This film goes to show that you can be on top of the world and fall all the way down. With "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins","Wild Hogs" and now "College Road Trip" under Lawrence's belt, i don't know how much more he can take. This movie is pretty standard "Cheaper by the Dozen" film. With all the sight gags and kiddy jokes about pigs and dancing, and, of course the soft spot for tolerance. Donny Osmond was straight forward in this film and Lawrence was really exaggerated as a goofy dad. Raven Symone played a OK part, but not a real big leap forward for the young actress. Of course, this doesn't mean the film is all bad. The movie, in its quirky way is funny. With its zany comedy style, like animal humor and kiss jokes...this film reaches to little kids. If you have young ones, this wont be bad for them, but for you...its okay.