Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they must ultimately contend with a bizarre community of campers.Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they must ultimately contend with a bizarre community of campers.Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they must ultimately contend with a bizarre community of campers.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
- Cassie Munro
- (as Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque)
- Laird
- (as Richard Cox)
- Cassie (age 5)
- (as Erika-Shayne Gair)
- Tammy
- (as Kirsten Williamson)
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The picture blends cynical sense humor , family relationship feeling , tongue-in cheek , adventures, and spectacular outdoors. The movie contains numerous ingredients for the bemusing , it is an enjoyable comedy with agreeable family bonds and glimmer landscapes . The sight gags , although predictable , are sometimes on the mark . Furthermore, there's a brief exploration about family way of life and parents-children relationships that recover their forgotten friendship and love . It contains lively and attractive musical score by composer James Newton Howard , usual musician of M. Night Shyamalan. Colorful and glittering cinematography , splendidly reflecting the Colorado Rocky Mountains and natural parks by cameraman Fred Murphy . The motion picture was well directed by Barry Sonnenfeld . He's an excellent cinematographer (Brothers's Cohen habitual) become in successful producer and director (Men in black I , II , Get Shorty, Big trouble , The Addams family) . Rating : Passable and acceptable. The tale will appeal to Robin Williams fans and comedy enthusiasts . Well worth watching .
Kristen Chenowith played an over the top redneck wife that came with big hair, ample bosom and too much makeup to boot! Jeff Daniels, always completely likable, didn't back down from his "Big Texan" character with hat, boots and thick bushy mustache. They stole the movie, and made it somewhat fun in the process.
Don't go see this movie if you're wanting side splitting laughter, but for an hour and a half of silly fun, it's a nice distraction!
AGAIN, JUST WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT ON DVD!!! You'll be happy that you did!
Robin Williams doesn't do his best work here, but if all you want is to see this master play a normal father with the ability for the slapstick and stand-up styles of comedy, you couldn't do much better. His presentation in Boulder is brief but amazing. There's a second presentation that is also quite good but not ideal for a business professional; it's more suited to, say, a corny movie that teaches a moral lesson. And he does the normal father scenes quite well.
JoJo Levesque is ideal as a spoiled teenager who learns what is important in life and can even show a mature side. She starts out (what-EVER) as quite a contrast to the adorable Erika-Shaye Gair we saw a few minutes earlier. And she can SING! You have to stay around for the closing credits. Not everyone in this cast has singing talent, but she does.
Cheryl Hines is quite likable and amazingly tolerant. And she looks good here. I think the difference is she doesn't smile much. She doesn't have much to smile about. But when she does, it's not that gigantic smile.
Kristin Chenoweth makes the most of her role as the matriarch of the annoying Gornicke family that keeps showing up to make our heroes miserable. You have to like her, unless you're the Munros. She looks great and isn't ashamed to show off her ... chest. She has a magnificent singing voice and even shows her operatic talent in performing something corny.
Jeff Daniels is likable and actually intelligent. For his role, I would have expected someone more like Organ Stew Guy. He was introduced at a time when poor Bob needed someone with brains to clean up the literal mess made by the bumbling Howie and Joe Joe. But for the annoying rednecks, I didn't think intelligence would be required. I was wrong, and he plays a great character.
I've mentioned music several times. There's a lot of good music here. Most of it is instrumental country music, but I don't need words to enjoy it. When there are words, they are mostly the silly words that you would expect kids to hate. Hines doesn't mind being silly and embarrassing her kids, who have their own "music" (it doesn't qualify).
Colorado has magnificent scenery. I can't say enough about it. North Carolina's mountains are beautiful, but I don't think we have anything to compare to this. And yet the credits mention Canada. So this is actually Canada? Wherever it is, it's enough to drive home the lesson this family has needed to learn. Who needs Hawaii? Utah's not bad either. Great rock formations. For some reason, no trees grow until you reach the border.
And we do learn some important lessons here. We have the evil boss who doesn't seem to care about family and probably wouldn't appreciate nature either. And Laird, the young upstart who might replace Bob who has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Brilliant, but no people skills. So once it becomes clear people like this aren't the ones you should consider important in life, our heroes find out what really makes life worth living.
Is it appropriate for the whole family? Of course. If your family likes potty humor. I can see some strict parents not wanting their kids anywhere near this. But it's a fun adventure if you can handle it.
The entire theater was howling throughout the movie. Williams was at his quick witted best and the entire cast just seemed to fit the film. Granted, this is a "roll with the comedy" kind of film. There may be a little bit too much "potty" humor, but it isn't anything raunchy like Wedding Crashers or other films aimed at teens. This is good for the entire family and will have them all laughing.
Some of the plot and a few of the jokes are telegraphed from a mile away but the strength of the performances and a troop of likable characters transform it from a film you merely wouldn't regret watching to one you'll actually enjoy."
The adults were resigned to a glum two hours of tedium, but - surprise! Surprise!! - it turned out to be kinda fun. No one will confuse it with Citizen Kane, but it was lively, funny, and not at all boring. It is obviously a pay check movie for everyone involved - but they are all solid professionals and deliver the goods. I was particularly interested that Kristin Chenoweth, the Broadway star, was in the cast.
Sp we had a good time with this movie, which is really all you ever ask on Friday night. The entire case does an ensemble version of 'Route 66' over the closing credits, which is worth staying for.
Did you know
- TriviaA life-long fan of camping, Jeff Daniels has owned an RV for years. According to a Detroit radio interview, his RV driving lessons for the movie were quickly canceled when he arrived on location in his personal recreational vehicle.
- GoofsIn the sequence where we meet the Gornickes for the first time, Billy's right front tooth is only about a quarter of the way grown in. When he meets Bob in the Bathroom later that night, the same tooth is about halfway grown in. When they leave the next day, it's all the way grown in.
- Quotes
Bob Munro: Yo, my mobile-homeboys, what's trippin' in the wood?
Hip Hop Wannabe: This termite belong to you?
Bob Munro: Yo, my man said...
Carl Munro: [gets mad] Don't call him...
Bob Munro: [restraints Carl] Easy! This my man C, he small but ferocious, but you dogs, you hardcore, where you from?
Hip Hop Wannabe: Scottsdale!
Bob Munro: Scottsdale, in the 'Zona! That's a hardcore 'hood. But you want to take on my man C, here, go ahead, because, you know, he's fierce, he gonna come up in your face, he gonna major damage you. You gonna walk away, maybe limp. But I say talk to the hand, call waiting, because he's out. Boy is out. I can't restrains him. Because I'm conversating you right now to give him a chance to cool down, to get back to a realistic level, as it were. Because we could be chillin' in our crib. Not just on this mobile home thing, representing Mali-bu and Westwood, you know. Malling it, like we all can. Boys to mensch. Pimp my Mercedes, call me back, put you on hold. You know what I'm saying?
Hip Hop Wannabe: Er... we gotta go.
[leaves]
Bob Munro: Mm-hmm, you better, man, don't make me call my lawyer, 'cause I'll audit!
- Crazy creditsThe Gornickes and the Munroes sing (and rap) "Route 66".
- Alternate versionsThe Full-Screen version, presented in 4:3 and 1.33:1 aspect ratios, is not only cropped to fit the format but is color-graded to show more contrast than the theatrical version and other home media releases.
- SoundtracksA World In Crisis
Written by Josh Kessler, J. Swift and Richard J. Reid
Performed by Filthy Rich
Courtesy of MasterSource
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- Locas vacaciones sobre ruedas
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- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $71,726,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,414,767
- Apr 30, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $87,528,173
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1