Andrew Pelechaty
While "RV" won't join "Good Morning Vietnam", "Dead Poets Society", "Aladdin" or "Mrs Doubtfire" as Robin William's greatest films, it's still worth a look on a lazy/rainy day.Robin Williams plays a father of two ("Curb Your Enthusiam"s Cheryl Hines plays his wife) who - due to pressures at work (Will Arnett plays a fantastic a**hole boss) - changes the family trip from Hawaii to Colorado to make an important presentation. He hires an RV and hijinks ensue as they meet a seemingly hick family in an RV park (played by Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth).There's a lot of silly slapstick stunts in this movie (like Robin being covered in the RV's sewage), though a scene where Robin saves his son from a group of wannaba wigga basketballer teens shows his improv skills.If you're in the mood for an inoffensive, family-friendly, slapstick heavy ninety minutes, then you could do worse than watch "RV".
InaneSwine
It's a very rare occurrence for me to switch off a film before it's finished. Otherwise I would feel as if I couldn't give it a proper critique, like I can't judge a film based on the first act. But after 45 minutes and seven or eight humourless scenes about toilets, I had to call it a day and switch over to Mrs Doubtfire.You know, what's saddest of all about this film is Robin Williams. He seemed to care less about the film than I did. He's forced into reading abysmally unfunny lines about feces and GPS systems. With Robin, all you really needed to do is place him in front of a camera, call action, and he did the rest. This garbage just doesn't give him the opportunity to display his comic genius.
arsonistheway
I will keep this review brief because I really don't want to put more effort into this review than anyone who involved in the writing of this film. There are many people on this site saying "It's not as bad as everyone says," well they're right this movie is even worse than anybody could possibly describe. The premise itself is pretty lame. A family goes on a road trip because they can't go to Hawaii due to the family patriarch's work obligations. Eventually whatshisname bonds with his kids and learns some sort of valuable lesson. So, this is nothing we haven't seen before, but how well is it executed. Answer: horribly. The characters are the stereotypes of The workaholic father, the wife who has no personality to speak of, the insecure teenage son who tries to look like a bad@$$, the distant college-bound teenage daughter, and the pointless "whacky" family. The jokes are just a barrage of Robin Williams being a spazz,poop jokes, random "whackiness", and a bunch of idiocy I am sure I forgot to mention. There is also something about a small time soda company being bought out, but if you still want to see this movie I can't stop you.
Todd Bearden
Oh, wow. This movie is absolutely horrible for about an hour and ten minutes. Then, out of nowhere for about 20 minutes it is hilarious. Overall though, it is still bad. I hit the fast forward button about 7 times I think. Mostly in the beginning hour and ten, and then once through the ending credits/sing-along. Yes. There was singing...very bad singing. It just seemed like they were making fun of singing instead of actually trying. The movie kinda made fun of itself. There was yodeling too. It was bad. If you are brave enough to rent or watch this thing, just forward through the first hour, watch the only 20 minutes worth watching and turn it off fast before they start singing at the end. You'll thank me later. This movie reminded me of that part of a road trip when you are tired of everyone and your back hurts and you just want to be back home. Kristin Chenoweth has a pair of nice qualities but this movie is not really worth a look. Skip it.
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