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Movie Review | 'College Road Trip'

By Jeannette Catsoulis

• March 7, 2008

Eyes popping and mouths agape, Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné mug their way through “College Road Trip” as if it were a silent movie — which, come to think of it, would have been a lot less irritating.

The latest in a genre that defines comedy as nothing more than extreme overreaction, the movie hangs its feeble plot on James Porter (Mr. Lawrence), a domineering police chief who’d like to see his teenage daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symoné), on permanent lockdown. Doting to the point of derangement, James has already chosen her college — Northwestern — based on its proximity to home and his smothering attentions. Sensibly, Melanie plans to interview at Georgetown; naturally, Daddy insists on driving; thankfully, the movie’s target audience will be too young to have heard of Freud.

Directed by Roger Kumble (who has fallen very far from “Cruel Intentions”), “College Road Trip” trawls for laughs with a chess-playing pig and a bus filled with karaoke-singing Japanese tourists. As James crashes a wedding and storms a sorority house (to rescue Melanie from ... a pajama party), his obsession with her borders on the disturbing. By the time Donny Osmond and Molly Ephraim show up to play a parent-child combo that’s scarier than the one embodied by Anthony Perkins in “Psycho,” you’ll be wishing that the pig had eaten the screenplay.

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP

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Directed by Roger Kumble; written by Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Evans, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio; director of photography, Theo van de Sande; edited by Roger Bondelli; music by Edward Shearmur; production designer, Ben Barraud; produced by Andrew Gunn; released by Walt Disney Pictures. Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes. This film is rated G.

WITH: Martin Lawrence (James Porter), Raven-Symoné (Melanie), Donny Osmond (Doug), Brenda Song (Nancy), Eshaya Draper (Trey), Kym E. Whitley (Michelle), Arnetia Walker (Grandma Porter), Margo Harshman (Katie) and Molly Ephraim (Wendy).

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

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Chief James Porter

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Melanie Porter ( Raven-Symoné ), a 17-year-old college-bound girl, is getting ready to graduate from high school and really wants to go to Georgetown University. However, her father James Porter ( Martin Lawrence ), the chief of police in the quiet Chicago suburb where they live, is overprotective of Melanie, and isn't ready for her to leave and study so far away from home. James has other plans for Melanie, he wants her to go to Northwestern University which is only 28 minutes away from home. James also receives problems from disagreements with his real estate agent wife, Michelle ( Kym Whitley ), the family pig Albert, who continuously annoys him, and his young son, Trey (Eshaya Draper), who spends much time with the pig.

Melanie gets invited to an interview at Georgetown after a college recruiter saw her performance at a mock trial. Her two best friends Nancy ( Brenda Song ) and Katie (Margo Harshman) offer to take her on their college road trip to Pittsburgh. Melanie is all set to go with her friends until her father surprises her with his own college road trip to Washington, D.C.

On their way, Melanie reluctantly visits Northwestern to take a tour. They meet an almost- too -happy father and daughter duo, Doug ( Donny Osmond ) and Wendy (Molly Ephraim), who are on their own college road trip. James has planted actors at Northwestern, one screaming at Melanie they lost an eye at Georgetown. Melanie almost falls for it until one of the actors says to her "Yeah, the chief's a pretty smart guy", since he never met Porter.

Their car soon breaks down and they find Trey in the trunk with Albert and a supply of oxygen. They stop at a hotel (thanks to Albert's navigating) but end up causing trouble when Albert eats coffee beans and becomes hyperactive. They run into Doug and Wendy again, who offer James and Melanie a ride since James' car broke down. Later, Melanie and her father ride on a tour bus where they try to work out their differences. At one destination, Nancy and Katie show up and take Melanie to a sorority house. James, due to a misunderstanding, and the owner not letting him in to check on her, sneaks into the house. After hearing that his daughter has faith in him, he decides to leave the next morning. Unfortunately, after Melanie leaves, he gets caught by the owner, brutally dazed, and arrested. James' mother comes to bail him out, calls him out on his overprotectiveness, and opens up about her own past fears when her son went to the Army, but still believed in her son to go his own path.

James and Melanie end up forgiving each other at the airport. After dropping off Trey, they skydive to make the interview at Georgetown. Melanie is nervous, but James tells her she can do it and that they didn't come all this way for nothing. She then is accepted into Georgetown, which Wendy is accepted into too.

In the end, James copes with letting go and the final scene shows the Porter and Greenhut families at Thanksgiving dinner. Melanie introduces her boyfriend Tracy (Benjamin Patterson), who turns out to be a male. James accepts this, and Wendy announces her engagement to Scooter ( Lucas Grabeel ) a chipper young man who behaves exactly like Doug. This causes Doug to finally snap and attack Scooter.

The New York Times movies listing lists among the cast:

• Martin Lawrence as Chief James Porter
• Raven-Symoné as Melaine Porter
• Eshaya Draper as Trey Porter
• Kym Whitley as Michelle Porter
• Donny Osmond as Doug
• Molly Ephraim as Wendy
• Brenda Song as Nancy Carter
• Arnetia Walker as Grandma Porter
• Margo Harshman as Katie
• Vincent Pastore as Freddy
• Lucas Grabeel as Scooter
• Will Sasso as Deputy O'Mally
• Kelly Coffield Park as Sorority House Mother
• Joseph R. Gannascoli as Mr. Arcarra
• Michael Landes as Donny
• Adam LeFevre as Judge
• Eugene Jones III as Hunter
• Josh Meyers as Stuart
• Lonny Ross as Student Guide

Critical reception [ ]

The film received mainly negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator at Rotten Tomatoes reported that 14% of critics gave the film positive reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 19 reviews. The New York Times gathered positive reviews toward the leading cast's performance. Martin Lawrence received positive reviews from several magazines, Rotten Tomatoes criticized his appearance yet again. 411 Mania gave it a final score of 7.5 out of 10 based on several reviews and managed to give it a positive DVD and film review. The film also received positive reviews from Blu-ray.com, Kansas City Star and several other publications including the Pittsburgh Post Gazette . The film also received negative reviews from USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle .

Box office performance [ ]

In its opening weekend, the film grossed approximately $14 million in 2,706 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office. As of mid-May 2008, it has earned nearly $45 million domestically so far, pulling in more than other teen fare that year such as Prom Night , which cooled after an initially more successful opening weekend. The movie brought in $13,651,758 on its opening weekend, and continued on to gross $31,117,834 to finish off the month, making it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to be released under 2000 screens. The movie is not only the highest-grossing movie on the day of its release, its also the highest-grossing kids movie and highest opening weekend during that month.

The following Monday, it pulled in $2,253,215. Among films that had fewer than 1,000 screens on opening day, the film ranked second. College Road Trip opened with $8.6 million on 683 screens. It averaged $45,560 per screen in its opening weekend, giving it the highest average per theater of all time for a limited release film. Because of the strong demand, Disney extended the film's run indefinitely. Internationally, the film is set for further release. There were rumors that the Philippines, reporting tickets selling out well in advance of its release and that its run there is extended due to popular demand. But it was never released in Philippine cinemas, and it was planned to go directly to home video.

Development [ ]

Production [ ].

Cinco Paul and partner Ken Daurio wrote the most recent draft. The movie was born out of the Disney Writers Program by Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki. The movie was produced by Andrew Gunn/Gunn Films and directed by Roger Kumble. Filming began July 9, 2007.

Promotion [ ]

To promote the movie in the United States, Raven-Symoné appeared on WWE WrestleMania XXIV, Chelsea Lately , MTV's TRL , Live with Regis and Kelly , The View , BET's 106 & Park , and The Oprah Winfrey Show . The theme song of the movie was "Double Dutch Bus", sung by Raven-Symoné. The music video for the song appeared on Disney Channel and was included in her self-titled album. The music video included scenes from the movie. Disney Channel TV spots were aired promoting the film in the United States.

The first trailer appeared alongside Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Enchanted . Advertising for the film used the tagline "They just can't get there fast enough."

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Dvd and blu-ray release [ ].

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 15, 2008. Both the DVD and Blu-ray releases will contain the following bonus features.

• Deleted scenes including alternate opening and ending
• "Double Dutch Bus" music video
• Audio commentary by director Roger Kumble, writers Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki, and stars
• Raven's Video Diary – Tag along on the set of the hot young stars from sensation Disney shows and movies
• On the Set: Double Dutch Bus – A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the film's signature song

Specification [ ]

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• French Language Track
• French and Spanish Subtitles
• Full Screen (1:33:1) and Widescreen (2.35:1)

College Road Trip sold 439,809 copies in the first week of release pulling in $8,030,648 of additional revenue for the franchise. It has sold a total of 1,004,834 copies since its release and made a total of $18,461,049 in DVD sales.

Billboard Top DVD Sales: #2

Billboard Top Video Rentals: #2

In May 2008, Disney Press released a book based on the movie written by Alice Alfonsi. The novel has the printed original movie poster as the cover.

• This is the third time Song and Raven-Symoné have worked together. The other projects being an episode of That's So Raven and an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody .
• Raven-Symoné ( That's So Raven ), Song ( The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody , Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior , and other Disney projects), Grabeel ( High School Musical series) and Harshman ( Even Stevens ) have all starred in other Disney projects.
• The film did not receive a cinema release in Australia. Although promotions for the film aired on Disney Channel Australia a confirmed date for the movie to begin screening in theaters was never given. The film was released direct-to-DVD instead.
• Deleted scenes include an alternate opening where James foils a bank robbery and a phone conversation where Michelle hears Melanie's and James' complaints while trying to sell a house. The couple think she is talking to another buyer and decide to buy the house themselves.

External links [ ]

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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.

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• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.62 x 5.45 x 7.67 inches; 2.72 ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ WD05736000DVD
• Director ‏ : ‎ Roger Kumble
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• Release date ‏ : ‎ July 15, 2008
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Donnie Osmond, Kym E. Whitley, Adam LeFevre
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As family road trip movies go, Disney's "College Road Trip" is a longer and more arduous journey than even "RV" or "Are We There Yet?" On the other hand, those movies performed well at the boxoffice.

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As family road trip movies go, Disney’s “College Road Trip” is a longer and more arduous journey than even “RV” or “Are We There Yet?” On the other hand, those movies performed well at the boxoffice.

Families seem to be extremely tolerant of taxing movie car trips. Perhaps the trick is that everyone is simply glad it’s happening to another family and not theirs.

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This excursion teams Martin Lawrence with Disney Channel star Raven-Symone. You wouldn’t want to accuse either performer of subtlety, but here the two seem to be in a contest to outdo each other with screams, facial contortions and wails of exasperation. Let’s call it a draw.

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What is puzzling is the incompatibility of the two leads with their roles. Raven is supposed to be a high school senior on a road trip to check out prospective universities. But she acts like a adolescent on a sugar high during a weekend sleepover. Lawrence plays a small-town police chief, one who borrows and totals a squad car, sneaks into a college women’s dorm and acts like no cop you’ve ever seen, in or out of movies.

What Lawrence’s James Porter is, in fact, is the worst-case scenario of a control-freak dad: He will not let his precious girl grow up and live an independent life. Despite this, Raven’s Melanie Porter is sweet-natured and obedient though her dad does drive her nuts.

Dad wants her to go to Northwestern — because it’s a short drive from their Illinois home. When an opportunity to apply to Georgetown comes up, Melanie joins two friends (Disney Channel actors Brenda Song and Margo Harshman) on a road trip to D.C.

But Dad decides to escort Melanie himself. Then her younger brother (Eshaya Draper) and his pet pig stowaway in the trunk. It’s hard for a girl to grow up in a Disney family film. The pet tricks by this extremely well-trained animal provide a running gag that culminates in his crashing a hotel wedding and essentially destroying everything under its tent.

Nothing happens with any logic here. The destruction of the police cruiser, the wedding turmoil, a skydiving episode and a golf course duel with clubs and carts all happen because the road trip needs a bit of excitement, not because anything leads rationally to these incidents.

Direction by Roger Kumble is as hamfisted as the screenplay by four writers is shorn of any sense of how families actually behave.

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP Buena Vista Pictures Walt Disney Pictures presents a Gunnfilm production Credits: Director: Roger Kumble Screenwriters: Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Evans, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Producer: Andrew Gunn Executive producers: Ann Marie Sanderlin, Anthony Katagas, Raven-Symone, Michael Green Director of photography: Theo van de Sande Production designer: Ben Barraud Music: Edward Shearmur Costume designer: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Editor: Roger Bondelli Cast: James Porter: Martin Lawrence Melanie: Raven-Symone Doug: Donny Osmond Nancy: Brenda Song Trey: Eshaya Drapper Michelle: Kym E. Whitley Grandma Porter: Arnetia Walker Katie: Margo Harshman Wendy: Molly Ephraim Running time — 84 minutes MPAA rating: G

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How old was Molly Ephraim in her first movie: College Road Trip?

Molly Ephraim was 20 in College Road Trip when she played the character 'Wendy'.

That was over 16 years ago in 2008.

This was her first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be her first actual acting role).

Today she is 37 , and has starred in 7 movies in total, 6 of those since College Road Trip was released.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In College Road Trip, I think Molly Ephraim looks:

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• Molly Ephraim's first movie was as 'Wendy' in College Road Trip, released in 2008 when she was 20
• College Road Trip scores 5.55 out of 10 on TMDB .

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• I loved working with Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné in this movie. When I first read the script I thought that my part was really stupid. I either had to tone it down a bit or really go for it. I went for it! Some of the improving in this movie was so funny, like the time I kissed Martin on the cheek when he wasn’t expecting it. As you can see, his reaction was authentic. Molly Ephraim did an amazing job as my crazed daughter. 🤪
• March 2 2008 Donny & Director Roger Kumble attend the after party for the premier of College Road Trip in Hollywood California

Cracked me up.. in a part of the overview on this funny ole movie- said your character Doug portraid that of a disturbingly cheerful parent lol 😄

That was the funniest movie Donny you where hilarious..

Hi Donny In answer to your question .. it was filmed between July 8th – September 28th – 2007

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• Boxoffice Magazine Amy Nicholson James' outlandish ruses to make his firstborn a Wildcat are fun; the push-pull parent-child dynamic generic, but sweet. But the writers comedy failsafe is "Cut to the pig!"
• AV Club 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.
• Chicago Sun-Times Darel Jevens College Road Trip is the best Martin Lawrence/Raven-Symone/Donny Osmond vehicle ever made.
• Boston Globe Ethan Gilsdorf It's a dark day indeed when a movie's funniest moments involve Donny Osmond.
• New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis Eyes popping and mouths agape, Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symon mug their way through College Road Trip as if it were a silent movie -- which, come to think of it, would have been a lot less irritating.
• Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand The whole project is a cloying, artificial mess. The slapstick comedy doesn't bite, and the formulaic sentimentality doesn't grip. This is strictly phi beta crappa.
• New York Post Kyle Smith College Road Trip is better than most Martin Lawrence movies -- much as strep throat is better than malaria.
• Austin Chronicle Steve Davis A Disney production that would seemingly be more at home on the Disney Channel than in the local multiplex.
• MovieFreak.com Sara Michelle Fetters Look, I realize a movie like College Road Trip isn't rocket science, but does it really have to play to such a dimwittedly low level that non-kid audiences are going to be in pain watching it?
• Ebert & Roeper Richard Roeper It is genuinely, consistently, indisputably putrid.
• Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall The comedian Sinbad once said that Hollywood seeks out original talents but then tries to make them just like everyone else. A case in point is Martin Lawrence.
• Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz College Road Trip is at its best when it drops any pretense of plot for sheer goof, and at its worst when Lawrence manages to out-ham even his porky four-legged costar.
• Seattle Times Ted Fry Even Donny Osmond's sparkling teeth seem a little dim compared with the unsullied gleam the movie presents as real life.
• Washington Post John Anderson Not that we expected much, when all is said and done. But College Road Trip ran out of ideas just after they came up with the title and had the inevitable meeting.
• San Francisco Chronicle Walter V. Addiego 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.
• Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez College Road Trip hurts more than just the eyes and ears, it wreaks havoc on one's humane sensibilities.
• Beliefnet Nell Minow [The] plot would make even the lightweight storylines of "That's So Raven" seem literary. It would make the lightweight storylines of a Bazooka Joe comic strip seem literary.
• USA Today Claudia Puig College Road Trip is nearly as hellish as taking a long trip with a bus full of karaoke-happy tourists. Actually, that's one of the gags.
• Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt Families seem to be extremely tolerant of taxing movie car trips. Perhaps the trick is that everyone is simply glad it's happening to another family and not theirs.

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