College Road Trip (2008)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Roger Kumble

Writers (WGA):

Emi Mochizuki (written by) &
Carrie Evans (written by) ...

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

They just can't get there fast enough.

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | Product Placement | Chess | Thanksgiving | Shooting Range

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Chief James Porter
Raven-Symoné	...	Melanie Porter
Brenda Song	...	Nancy
Adam LeFevre	...	Judge
Eugene Jones III	...	Hunter (as Eugene Jones)
Kym Whitley	...	Michelle Porter (as Kym E. Whitley)
Margo Harshman	...	Katie
Lucas Grabeel	...	Scooter
Matthew Schlein	...	Jury Foreman
Eshaya Draper	...	Trey Porter
Will Sasso	...	Deputy O'Mally
Geneva Carr	...	Mrs. O'Mally
Na'Kia Bell Smith	...	Young Melanie Porter
Josh Meyers	...	Stuart
Lonny Ross	...	Student Guide

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's College Road Trip (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Malaysia:U | USA:G (certificate #44139) | South Korea:12 | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

At approximately 00:15:05 into the movie, Albert the pig is seen briefly near a crayon drawing (presumably drawn by Albert) of the words "SOME PIG". This is a reference to the classic book "Charlotte's Web" where the words "SOME PIG" are used to distinguish the uniqueness of Wilbur, the porcine main character.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Georgetown University is 2.8 miles from the White House and is well within the restricted airspace zone. It would have been very unlikely that a plane would be allowed that close without being shot down, let alone skydivers being able to jump from it.

Quotes:

Trey Porter: In the future all video will be implanted in our brains.

Movie Connections:

References No Country for Old Men (2007)

Soundtrack:

Double Dutch Bus

An Okay Film

This film goes to show that you can be on top of the world and fall all the way down. With "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins","Wild Hogs" and now "College Road Trip" under Lawrence's belt, i don't know how much more he can take. This movie is pretty standard "Cheaper by the Dozen" film. With all the sight gags and kiddy jokes about pigs and dancing, and, of course the soft spot for tolerance. Donny Osmond was straight forward in this film and Lawrence was really exaggerated as a goofy dad. Raven Symone played a OK part, but not a real big leap forward for the young actress. Of course, this doesn't mean the film is all bad. The movie, in its quirky way is funny. With its zany comedy style, like animal humor and kiss jokes...this film reaches to little kids. If you have young ones, this wont be bad for them, but for you...its okay.