College Road Trip

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 03 07 (USA)

UPC: 786936764505

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:null

Summary: A high-school student (Raven Symone) with noble dreams of becoming a public defender sets out to visit potential universities in the unwanted company of her father (Martin Lawrence) -- an overprotective cop -- in this road trip comedy produced by Andrew Gunn and directed by Roger Kumble. Melanie (Symone) is about to graduate high school, and she's ready to take her first step toward adulthood by hitting the road to explore her college prospects with a few close female friends. But despite the fact that this trip is strictly "girls only," Melanie's father isn't comfortable with the prospect of his little princess hitting the road without an adult chaperone -- and what better guardian to have while you're out on the open road than the chief of police himself? Of course, while Melanie's father only has the best of intentions, his presence on a trip that was designed to mark his little girl's emergence as a young adult leads to an endless series of comic complications. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Gag Reel
Alternate opening & endings
Deleted scenes - with optional commentary by Director Roger Kumble
"Double Dutch Bus" music video performed by Raven-Symon?
On the Set: Double Dutch Bus
Raven's Video Diary
Two Audio Commentaries with Director Roger Kumble and Raven -Symon?/With Writers Emi Mochizuki & Carrie Evans

College Road Trip

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 07/15/2008

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 83 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Derek Armstrong

By pooling the ticket-buying potential of their large fan bases, Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symon? ended up turning Disney's College Road Trip into a minor hit at the box office. There's some nice father-daughter stuff to savor in this comedy about a college-bound teen's need to assert her independence, and her overprotective father's desire to keep her close to home. You never quite buy Lawrence as the police chief of their small Illinois town, if only because his occasional reliance on broad, tried-and-true schtick leaves him seeming better suited to the role of a goofy deputy than the man in charge. But Lawrence actually shows uncommon sensitivity more often in this film than he cajoles us into laughing, a tribute to the delicate hand of a director not usually known for that: Roger Kumble, who helmed such over-the-top cringe-fests as Just Friends and The Sweetest Thing. Not that there aren't over-the-top moments in College Road Trip, such as when the family's pet pig runs loose during a wedding reception, toppling tents and wedding cakes. This scene is dispiriting because the bride is heavyset, brutish, and spoiled -- she's supposed to remind us of that pig. As with Lawrence's moments of hamming it up, though, Kumble's mean streak only shows up in small doses. A more representative example of this film's tone is when Raven sings a lively karaoke version of Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus" on a bus full of Japanese tourists. (As long as you don't mind the stereotype that Japanese people love karaoke.) Raven's quite appealing in this role, and has good comic chemistry with Lawrence. A supporting appearance from Donny Osmond as a show tunes-loving dad helps keep this road trip light and giddy. It's not Shakespeare, but College Road Trip accomplishes what it sets out to accomplish. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Chad Hessler  Actor 
Adam Le Fevre  Actor 
Lonny Ross  Actor 
Eugene Jones  Actor 
Andrew Gunn  Producer 
Ed Shearmur  Composer (Music Score) 
Raven Symone  Executive Producer 
Anthony Katagas  Executive Producer 
Roger Kumble  Director 
Ken Daurio  Screenwriter 
Cinco Paul  Screenwriter 
Ann Marie Sanderlin  Executive Producer 
Michael Green  Executive Producer 
Emi Mochizuki  Screenwriter 
Carrie Evans  Screenwriter 
Ann Marie  Executive Producer 
Martin Lawrence  Actor 
Raven Symone  Actor 
Donny Osmond  Actor 
Brenda Song  Actor 
Will Sasso  Actor 
Eshaya Draper  Actor 
Kym E. Whitley  Actor 
Arnetia Walker  Actor 
Margo Harshman  Actor 
Josh Meyers  Actor 
Michael Landes  Actor 
Lucas Grabeel  Actor 
Adam Lefever  Actor 
Molly Ephraim  Actor 

Country: USA