| | | They Can't Get There Fast Enough.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish, Subtitled
Get ready for a wildly hilarious ride with Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone in Disney's chaotic comedy College Road Trip. Ambitious and confident Melanie Porter (Raven-Symone) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence -- a girls-only road trip to check out colleges. But this rite of passage takes a wrong turn when her overprotective father (Martin Lawrence) insists on escorting her instead -- and Melanie's dream trip quickly turns into a nightmare of wild and wacky curves. So fasten your seat belts for a nonstop, laugh-out-loud, madcap adventure that'll drive you silly!
"...[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 | | Includes Both Widescreen & Full Screen Versions Of The Film! | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 12/26/2009 |
| Running Time: 83 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 5736003 | | UPC: 00786936764451 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 2.35:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
| 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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