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College Road Trip
EMAILPRINTWalt Disney Pictures

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Emi Mochizuki
Carrie Evans
Cinco Paul
Ken Daurio
Directed by: Roger Kumble
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 7, 2008
DVD: July 15, 2008
Running Time: 83 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Donny Osmond, Will Sasso, and Arnetia Walker
Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman's life... unless your overprotective father isn't quite ready to let you go. In the Disney family comedy College Road Trip, Melanie is eagerly looking forward to her first big step toward independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police-chief father insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Film Threat Matthew Sorrento
Undeniably fun for the kids, though it requires a camp sensibility in its adult audience. But in doing so, it is a warm return to the live-action Disney movies of yesteryear.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason Anderson
You know a movie has taken a very strange turn when you find yourself eagerly awaiting the next appearance by Donny Osmond.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
At its best when it drops any pretense of plot for sheer goof (as when a Japanese sightseer belts ''Sister Christian'' on a karaoke tour bus), and at its worst when Lawrence manages to out-ham even his porky four-legged costar.
Read Full Review >Variety Justin Chang
This overplayed, underachieving laffer feels thoroughly manufactured to Disney specifications.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
If, on the other hand, your driver's license is still a distant dream, consider this a path to pure hilarity.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
Relies on slapstick scenes that are neither essential nor especially clever.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
As over-the-top as Raven-Symoné and Lawrence are, the most live-action cartoon characters in College Road Trip are the father-daughter tandem of Doug (Donny Osmond) and Wendy (Molly Ephraim), whose nitro-powered perkiness pass the point of grating and move into a perversely antic state of grace.
Read Full Review >Washington Post John Anderson
Perhaps there will be people who do laugh at Lawrence and Raven-Symon screaming in tandem, or mugging their way along every tortured mile of their road trip, or unwittingly joining a sky-diving club and having to parachute into Washington so Melanie can make her interview. Heck, it was all really funny when they did it on "I Love Lucy."
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
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.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Tim Grierson
Lawrence's descent from hyperactive foulmouth to G-rated father figure has been in evidence for years now, but watching director Roger Kumble move from flawed but juicy projects like "Cruel Intentions" to pap like this is a depressing career development.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
As generic as its title, College Road Trip feels like a first draft, the one the studio brings to the rewrite team that, in this case, never got hired.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Better than most Martin Lawrence movies - much as strep throat is better than malaria.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ethan Gilsdorf
Highly formulaic, make-'em-laugh-then-make-'em-cry comedy.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Absolutely nothing funny happens during their drive to Georgetown for an interview, even with Donny Osmond along for the ride.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Steve Davis
Osmond is all teeth and no talent. You’d think that his presence here might provide an opportunity for some tongue-in-cheek humor at his expense, but Osmond plays the comedy so darn straight that it’s painful to watch.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The almost perversely colorblind College Road Trip represents a strange milestone in black film.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
The tagline for College Road Trip is "You Can't Get There Fast Enough." But for those who sit through this humorless and massively predictable movie, a more apt phrase would be: "You Can't Get Out of There Fast Enough."
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Lawrence runs through his usual repertory of mugging, seething and generally acting like a fool, only to be regularly upstaged by Arnold, Trey's pet piglet.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bernard G. gave it a9:
Really the critic are too bad. I saw this movie yesterday and it was too good. Raven did a good job. I don't know why they said it wasn't good. This is a cool movie. You must see the movie. Its Great!
Cole T gave it a0:
The movie was TERRIBLE. so lame and NOT FUNNY, when I saw it in theaters the only thing that entertained me was the fact that my brother choked on his popcorn.
Peter A. gave it a9:
The reviewers were wrong; it's a VERY good movie... had me constantly laughing... very funny.
Jay H gave it a5:
Innocuous family comedy, enjoyable but unmemorable. Raven-Symone is good and Donny Osmond has a funny supporting role. Fun score.
Lissa G gave it an8:
Okay, I heard this movie got bad reviews but who cares about those critics?! it has Martin Lawrence, Raven Symone and Donny Osmond! I love the movie and I'm going to see it in theatres.
Chad S. gave it a5:
"The Cosby Show" was something new before "Something New" was something new. Every Thursday night, America tuned in to a sitcom about affluent black people. Raven Symone was on that show. She was Olivia. "College Road Trip", in its own quiet way, pays homage to the Huxtables, since Melanie(Symone) wants to study law(Clair Huxtable(Phylicia Rashad) was an attorney). Melanie chooses between Northwestern and Georgetown. Most, if not all, movies about young black people with a dream, dream about being a basketball star, a singer, or a step-dancer. Black people go to college. But not in the movies. That's why Melanie's choice of lofty schools may take you aback. This is virgin territory. And how does "College Road Trip" handle its story about a matriculating black teen? Not very well. One word. Pig. They needed the pig because the filmmaker realized that dad's obsession with his daughter was starting to get creepy(e.g. Tony Danza in "She's Out of Control"). The pig doesn't save "College Road Trip". But Donny Osmond does. He's Neil Patrick Harris in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"-funny. For most of its running time, "College Road Trip" is either innocuous or schmaltzy. When Osmond and Molly Ephraim grace the screen, they hijack the film, as a tight-knit father and daughter unit from hell. By no stretch of the imagination is this witless road film any good. But you shouldn't dismiss "College Road Trip" so easily. When Chief James Porter(Martin Lawrence) and his wife give a couple, a white couple, advice about raising a child. That's something new. The film is colorblind. But we're not. If you watch a lot of movies, you'll understand that this role-reversal is quietly revelatory.
