The DVD I purchesed skips or stops in the middle but continues after stoping and doing a go to screen jump didnt reply to the seller. purchesed several DVDs from diffrent companys so was unshure who the purchase was from and I was out of town when I watched it the first time. havent taken the time to figure out or reply to the seller.
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I LOVE IT!!!
Added 11/18/2009
I think this movie is fantastic. I laughed the whole way through. I can't believe that it got even 1 bad review. Oh well, can't please everyone, right?
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very funny
Added 11/15/2009
I enjoyed this movie very much. At times I laughed so much I started to cry.
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I usually enjoy Martin and Mo'nique , but even these super talented performers couldn't save this snoozer. My main critique is this very
redundant story line. City slicker comes home for family get together in " Georgia ". This story is getting done to death, and this one isn't really funny
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Funny and Mindless Movie
Added 10/26/2009
This is a good movie if you are stressed and don't want to deal with a subject matter that is too serious or heavy. Lots of laughs.
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Just walk away from this mess of a movie...
Added 10/12/2009
Saying that I wanted this to be good is kind of stupid because, well, just look at it, but really, I expected it to at least be `three star' worthy. I mean, it has Raven-Symone in it, and she is quite hilarious, even if her shtick is pure corn. Besides, it also has Martin Lawrence, and while I never found him as engaging as everyone else, he has a knack for making me laugh. So, it should be cutesy and forgettable, but above all else cute; right?
Eh, not really.
Melanie wants to go to Georgetown to study law and hopefully go to Tokyo, but her overprotective father James doesn't even want her to go to the supermarket, let alone another country. When his plans to send her to Northwestern (a college only forty miles away from home) get squashed by a surprise Georgetown interview, James decides to accompany his daughter on her drive to the college, hoping to persuade her along the way to ditch her dreams and pursue his. Instead, they fight and makeup then fight and makeup. Add to obvious, a slew of scenes involving more obviousness and you have (obviously) a clichéd family film; but, where a lot of films layer predictability with chemistry, charm and humor, `College Road Trip' fails.
Raven is funny at times, but her approach to comedy, while delightful in half-hour doses, gets tiring after a while; and Lawrence, who seems to be trying to emulate De Niro's `well meaning jerk' from `Meet the Parents', is just awkward. They don't really come together like they should (and Lawrence is NO De Niro).
The gags grow old really fast (the first time we saw the pig my wife said to me "this is going to get old quick" and she was right) and the `father/daughter bonding' element just feels like a regurgitated plot point with not fresh individuality. In fact, a lot of the film comes across like a poor-mans version of highlights from OTHER films. I actually thought that Donny Osmand was funny for a hot second and then, well, he wasn't anymore. The whole thing just seemed really lazy and uninspired. I have seen a lot of these teeny-bop brand family films, and some of them are quite entertaining and endearing and memorable. `College Road Trip' is not one of those films.
Oh, and don't even get me started on the ridiculousness that was that slow motion `it's so sad to finally be going to college and have my daddy there happy for me' scene that comes at the end...roll my eyes retarded (it was like 5 minutes long!)
I'm not sure why so many seem to love this movie, but maybe the reviewers are really young (that's not meant as an insult, just an observation). I can see that, since the humor here seems to be targeted at the 5-10 crowd, which baffles me since it was one of those movies that seemed to be thrust in the `tween' department. I can't think of a single person over the age of 9 that is going to find this movie remotely funny.
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College Road Trip
Added 7/8/2009
Very INFORMATIVE; gives U idea of a FATHER's wanting the BEST 4 His KID, [the BEST in HIS MIND]
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Cute Film
Added 5/29/2009
I enjoyed this movie! I love Martin and Raven in their roles and thought they did a great job.
This is another one of those good home movies with a bag of microwave bag of popcorn.
Bottom Line is this is a great family fun home movie!
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