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College Road Trip (2008)

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Reviews Counted:69

Fresh:9

Rotten:60

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: Filled with shrill gags and middling slapstick, College Road Trip is woefully short on comic imagination.

Rated: G

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $45,588,608

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Raven-Symone, Martin Lawrence, Donny Osmond

Starring: Raven-Symone, Martin Lawrence, Donny Osmond

Director: Roger Kumble

Director: Roger Kumble
Screenwriter: Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Evans, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Producer: Andrew Gunn
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

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Roger Moore

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 23 2009 03:16 AM

Boston Phoenix

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Nathan Rabin

Martin Lawrence's long, sad devolution from the poor man's young Eddie Murphy to the poor man's late-period Eddie Murphy continues.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 09:06 AM

AV Club

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1.5/5

Steve Davis

A Disney production that would seemingly be more at home on the Disney Channel than in the local multiplex.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 09:06 AM

Austin Chronicle

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Jonathan W. Hickman

To put it bluntly, this trip isn’t worth taking for the vast majority of movie-goers.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 09:06 AM

Entertainment Insiders

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2/5

James Christopher

There isn’t an ounce of real life between here and Somers Town.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 06:18 AM

Times [UK]

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Anthony Quinn

Oh no, it's a Martin Lawrence family comedy, and it's sponsored by Disney. What kind of a sadist put those two together? Come back, Ice Cube, all is forgiven. Actually, please don't.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 04:30 AM

Independent

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2/5

Children might find the slapstick routines amusing, but for older viewers this is a mirthless voyage.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 04:09 AM

Sunday Times (UK)

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David Edwards

Imagine being locked in a car with Charles Manson, Idi Amin and Osama bin Laden. The worst road trip ever? Nope. That honour belongs to Martin Lawrence’s latest so-called comedy, which parks itself neatly between the words appalling and god-awful.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 03:59 AM

Daily Mirror [UK]

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Christopher Tookey

This is one of those churn-'em-out Disney comedies in which every performer seems to be competing to give the most annoying performance in cinematic history.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 03:44 AM

Daily Mail [UK]

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Ken McIntyre

As expected, his plan unravels within minutes of leaving the driveway.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 03:28 AM

Total Film

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2/5

Rob Daniel

This is a frontrunner for worst film of the year, but a healthy $45m in the US means a sequel is likely – proof that education standards are indeed slipping.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 03:20 AM

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Mike McCahill

Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at a new circle of hell: the one where Martin Lawrence is no longer the most irksome presence in a Martin Lawrence movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 03:03 AM

Daily Telegraph

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Peter Bradshaw

Sentimental and chillingly brain-dead family comedy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 02:50 AM

Guardian [UK]

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Stella Papamichael

Martin Lawrence sits sheepishly low behind the wheel for this meandering drive through comedy hell.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 02:27 AM

Channel 4 Film

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Derek Adams

Even with a brief running time, ‘College Road Trip’ is an ordeal that even its target audience will find dispiritingly lame.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 02:13 AM

Time Out

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Matthew Turner

An entirely laugh-free 83 minutes, spent in the company of irritating characters.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 21 2008 03:15 AM

ViewLondon

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Kevin Carr

Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone strike a level of chemistry that makes the whole much more than the sum of its parts.

Full Review Source: | comment 3 Comments | Aug., 18 2008 12:32 AM

7M Pictures

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Louise Keller

There are a few funny ideas, but overall it's silly, schmaltzy and sentimental, as father and daughter take a road trip and discover love, trust and letting go are paramount to their relationship

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 06 2008 04:44 AM

Urban Cinefile

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David Nusair

...precisely the sort of over-the-top and unapologetically silly endeavor one might've anticipated...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 31 2008 08:00 AM

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