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Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish, Subtitled
Disney College Road Trip (Blu-ray)Melanie is eagerly looking forward to taking her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" roadtrip to check out prospective universities. However, when her imposing police-chief dad insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip turning into a nightmare full of misfortune andturmoil. Dad wants to assure total security and safety for his precious daughter, while Melanie hasa 17-year-old's need to become a grown woman and have her own sense of independence. Now, even as dad and daughter bicker, banter and careen from onedisaster to the next on their journey, they are about to discover that, sometimes, going that extramile to be together can forge a family bond so strong it can withstand anything even wild curves ahead.
"...[if] your driver's license is still a distant dream, consider this a path to pure hilarity." Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
"Undeniably fun for the kids...a warm return to the live-action Disney movies of yesteryear." Matthew Sorrento, Film Threat
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French, Spanish | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 7/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 83 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 5736503 | | UPC: 00786936764505 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Donny Osmond | | Martin Lawrence | | Raven Symone | | Theo Van De Sande - Director of Photography | | Raven Symone - Executive Producer | | Ken Daurio - Screenwriter | | Anthony Katagas - Executive Producer | | Andrew Gunn - Producer | | Carrie Evans - Screenwriter | | Michael Green - Executive Producer | | Edward Shearmur - Composer | | Emi Mochizuki - Screenwriter | | Cinco Paul - Screenwriter | | Ann Marie Sanderlin - Executive Producer | | Roger Kumble - Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | San Francisco Chronicle 6 of 10
"College Road Trip" is Disney's attempt to put Martin Lawrence, usually associated with a more robust brand of comedy, in a family-friendly, G-rated picture. The result is mixed at best. There's a nice pro-education theme struggling to emerge from oceans of clumsy humor here, so let's be generous and say the movie deserves about a C-minus...Lawrence's co-star is Raven-Symone, the young veteran of "The Cosby Show" and various Disney ventures, including her starring vehicle "That's So Raven." Her background offers a clue to "College Road Trip": It boils down to a TV episode boosted to feature length, with slapstick and heart-tugging filler - fine for the Disney Channel, but thin stuff in a movie theater...The problem is that, in padding out this skimpy material, director Roger Kumble ("The Sweetest Thing") relies on slapstick scenes that are neither essential nor especially clever. An example is when Lawrence and company make mincemeat out of a wedding party, where the humor is on the pie-fight level...On the positive side, Donny Osmond pops up as a dorky dad who's making the college rounds with his equally maladroit daughter (Molly Ephraim). Osmond isn't much of an actor, but seems to be having a ball playing around with his white-bread image. - Walter Addiego
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