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

11 pigs played Albert.

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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

Wendy Greenhut: [just finished singing 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'] I love Christmas carols, don't you? Just give me a chorus of 'Joy to the World' and I'm as mad as a hatter!
[laughs, hysterically]
Trey Porter: [whispering] They're crazy
[makes cuckoo sign]
Melanie Porter: [whispers] I know!

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Connections

References The Sound of Music (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Alphabet Song"
Performed by Na'Kia Bell Smith

User Reviews

Amazing

I've read all of the other reviews and i believe in order to enjoy the movie it has to be for the right audience. I'm sorry for those of you who watched it and were disappointed because your idea of a college roadtrip is girls and booze. I'm about to go to college this fall and it hit so close to home. This was a great movie and me and my mom were both laughing. I was quite surprised that a Disney movie could have so much meaning for those of us who are in that part of life while also providing a clean movie for the entire family. If the critics tell you it was bad and if that's what you base whether you will go see the movie or not then don't go! You don't have to write horrible reviews so that others who may take something away from the movie may not go.