College Road Trip (DVD, 2008) Detailed item info Directed by Roger Kumble (THE SWEETEST THING, JUST FRIENDS), the 2008 comedy COLLEGE ROAD TRIP stars Martin Lawrence as Chicago cop James Porter, an overprotective father who wants to keep his college-bound daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symone), close to home. When the smart, assertive Melanie declares her intention to attend Georgetown instead of Northwestern, James insistently sets out with her on a cross-country car journey to Washington D.C., hoping to dissuade her along the way. En route, of course, plenty of hijinks ensue, including scenarios involving a precocious pig and, oddly enough, Donny Osmond, who turns up as an eeriely cheery dad also on a college-touring campaign.With its broad, slapstick humor and enegetic leads, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP is a perfect vehicle for Lawrence and Raven, who both play to their well-established personas--the former a cranky bumbler, the latter a headstrong teen. Osmond, in his first film role in decades, ideally embodies Ned Flanders-like enthusiasm, stealing plenty of scenes with the aid of his equally giddy on-screen offspring (Molly Ephraim). Although it's far from high-minded cinema, TRIP is a fun, family-oriented road movie that easily appeals to a wide audience, and offers up many silly and appalling moments of parental embarrassment. Product Details Number of Discs: 1 Rating: G (MPAA) Film Country: USA UPC: 786936764451 Additional Details Genre: Comedies Format: DVD Portions of this page Copyright 1981 - 2013 Muze Inc. All rights reserved. Product Details Actors: Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Donnie Osmond, Kym E. Whitley, Adam LeFevre Directors: Roger Kumble Writers: Emi Mochizuki & Carrie Evans and Cinco Paul & Ken Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1) Subtitles: Spanish, French Dubbed: French Region: Region 1 (Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Rated: G (General Audience) Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008 Run Time: 83 minutes Editorial Reviews Choosing a college and striking out on one's own is an exciting time that requires a big adjustment by both child and parent, but few parents will have as much difficulty relinquishing control over their daughter's life as Chicago police chief James Porter (Martin Lawrence). The ultimate in loving but overprotective fathers, James wants his daughter Melanie (Raven-Symoné) to attend nearby Northwestern College, so when she's waitlisted and called for an interview at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., James gets more than a little nervous. Squashing her plans for a road trip to D.C. with her girlfriends, James insists on a father-daughter expedition which he envisions being full of reminiscing, heart-to-heart conversations, and a healthy dose of persuasive promotion of Northwestern. The car trip definitely doesn't turn out as planned--instead it’s a trip rife with strained silences and festering conflict in which the police vehicle rolls down a wooded embankment, Melanie's little brother (Eshaya Draper) and pet pig stow away in the back of the truck, and the Porters inexplicably keep running into a syrupy sweet father (Donny Osmond) and college-bound-daughter (Molly Ephraim) whose close relationship, clean-cut enthusiasm, and willingness to befriend and help the Porters is downright unsettling. Absurdly funny scenes include the family pig crashing and demolishing a fancy outdoor wedding; James' party-loving mother (Arnetia Walker) scrambling to live up to her son's uptight image of her as a fragile, elderly woman; James breaking into a local sorority house and hiding under a bed in hopes of protecting Melanie's innocence, and James' and Melanie's unexpected skydive into Washington, D.C., in order to keep Melanie's interview appointment at Georgetown. In the end, James and Melanie both mature as a result of their road trip and are finally able to forge an emotionally healthy relationship with one another. (Ages 8 and older) --Tami Horiuchi Product Description COLLEGE ROAD TRIP stars Martin Lawrence as Chicago cop James Porter, an overprotective father who wants to keep his college-bound daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symone), close to home. When the smart, assertive Melanie declares her intention to attend Georgetown instead of Northwestern, James insistently sets out with her on a cross-country car journey to Washington D.C., hoping to dissuade her along the way. En route, of course, plenty of hijinks ensue, including scenarios involving a precocious pig and, oddly enough, Donny Osmond, who turns up as an eeriely cheery dad also on a college-touring campaign. Customer Reviews 4.2 out of 5 stars 4.2 out of 5 stars 5 star 324 star 163 star 82 star 11 star 4 This is a great family movie. ” TREND700 | 13 reviewers made a similar statement “ If you enjoy comedies and movies about parents trying to learn how to let their children go, you will love COLLEGE ROAD TRIP!!! ” Pumpkin Man | 5 reviewers made a similar statement “ They love the ending and replay it about 10 times after we have watched the movie. ” Mom of three | 9 reviewers made a similar statement Most Helpful Customer Reviews 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful 3.0 out of 5 stars College Road Trip - Good Movie For Families With Younger Kids, Check it Out! March 7, 2008 By Mark #1 HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE Format:DVD College Road Trip [Theatrical Release] College Road Trip is a slap-stick comedy that is a great movie to take your kids to, as long as they are young. The main criticism I have of this movie is about the marketing, since most kids that are college bound are probably too old for this. The jokes are very predictable humor. If your kids are older than 14, they will probably find this style of humor too childish for their tastes. In that way this movie is a missed opportunity for Disney to expand their market to all the older Martin Lawrence and Raven fans. If you've seen the trailers, you pretty much know the entire story. Dad (Martin Lawrence) takes daughter (Raven) on a road trip to check out colleges. Antics ensue. Martin's character is a very over-protective police chief who is a bit of a control freak. His daughter has long outgrown being daddy's little girl. He wants her to stay local for college, but she wants to go away. There's a genius younger brother and a pet pig to add the cute factor. There must be a lot of young geniuses out there because little brothers never have normal intelligence in movies or TV anymore, but I digress. Raven's friends are cliched teenaged valley girls who aren't even from the valley. Most people who initially may be interested in seeing the movie are either Raven fans or Martin Lawrence fans. Yet this movie was made for an audience of much younger kids. I am a huge Martin Lawrence fan and I think Raven is very talented and funny. But both of them were under used in this movie.

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