college road trip (2008)
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Director: Roger Kumble
Lead: Martin Lawrence
Co-Star: Raven-Symoné
Genre: Comedy/Family
Runtime: 83mins
Rating: G
Stars: 1
Martin Lawrence is trying really hard to take his brand of comedy seriously to the mainstream. No swearing, perfect Disney material, but the result is actually rather bad and quite clumsy. Add to that, the more grown up but still odd Raven-Symone and you have a perfect recipe for something quite creepy.
James (Lawrence) is the police chief in a small town outside Chicago. He is a total control freak when it comes to his daughter Melanie (Raven-Symone) and has decided that she must go to College at Northwestern because it is just down the road and he can keep an eye on her. She has other ideas - she wants to go to Georgetown.
Most of the movie revolves around a road trip taken by James and Melanie to visit various campuses in the local area. He plots through various mechanisms to keep his little girl close to home which are mostly mortifying to her. But of course like any road movie the ultimate outcome is that dad and daughter come to understand and respect each other more.
The problem is that the journey is actually full of very silly and ridiculously unfunny scenarios. The only good part of it is the stupid cameo by Donny Osmond as a dorky dad making a similar journey with his equally dorky daughter. He is perfect in this role sending up his own image.
A definite don't bother.
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