RV

Plot synopsis:
Bob Munro (Robin Williams), a successful California beverage company executive, is struggling with a dysfunctional family, with his materialistic wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), his sharp-tongued teenage daughter Cassie (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque), and his son Carl (Josh Hutcherson), who is an adolescent weightlifter and likes Hip hop. At a company picnic, Bob is embarrassed in front of his self-absorbed boss Todd (Will Arnett) by Cassie's militant friend Gretchen, who hurls a tub of slime all over Todd. Looking forward to a big family vacation in Hawaii, their trip is cancelled when Todd, out of spite, tells Bob that he has to attend a meeting with the Alpine Soda company in Boulder, Colorado instead, or else he will be fired. Concealing the real reason for going there, he rents a garish RV from the dodgy dealer Irv (Barry Sonnenfeld) and tells his family they are traveling to the Rockies.
On their trip, Bob and his family encounter many mishaps. These include him damaging the parking brake, crashing into and running over objects such as shopping carts, flushing out a trio of raccoons with a stink bomb, and fixing a clogged sewage system. Along the way, they meet another traveling family, the Gornickes, consisting of Travis (Jeff Daniels), Mary Jo (Kristin Chenoweth), and their children, Earl (Hunter Parrish), Billy (Alex Ferris), and Moon (Chloe Sonnenfeld). Earl develops a romantic interest in Cassie and Carl starts to like Moon, but thinking that the Gornickes are too strange for them, Bob and Jamie decide to ditch them; when the Gornickes reappear at another stop, the Munros believe they are stalking them.
Meanwhile, to disguise his business trip, Bob tries to e-mail a proposal outline from his laptop, working in restrooms; eventually, a hitchhiker steals it, leaving him with only a BlackBerry PDA, which he does manage to use to compose and wirelessly send his proposal to his company. The Gornickes then recover his stolen laptop after picking up the same hitchhiker, and pursue to return it to him.
Eventually the Munros begin to enjoy their vacation. In order to attend the merger meeting, however, Bob distracts his family by faking illness and sends them on a hike. The meeting with Alpine Soda is a success, but Bob is invited to talk to the whole company again the next day. Rushing back to his family in the RV, he takes a treacherous 4 wheel drive trail, and gets the huge vehicle stuck atop a jutting boulder in the middle of it. He eventually manages to dislodge it from there by getting on the front and rocking it until it eventually wobbles and tips forward enough to slide down from atop the boulder. Now riding on the front while it is traveling at a frenzied pace, he barely manages to return to his family in time, succeeding in fooling them, but while he is attempting a similar ruse the next day, the parking brake fails again and the RV rolls into a lake. He lets it slip about the real intentions of the vacation, and his family is upset that he would use them like that. Still needing to get to the meeting, he retrieves one of his family's bicycles from the lake and pedals off. Jamie, Cassie, and Carl are then picked up by the Gornickes, and soon realize how well they get along, when Bob appears again, climbing atop the moving bus. Bob apologizes to his family, and they, in turn, apologize to him for their selfishness and reveal that they love him more than the lifestyle his job gives them. Bob is just about to blow off the meeting when it turns out that he's right outside the headquarters.
At the second meeting, Bob starts his speech and it goes well, but then he has an epiphany and so he recommends against the merger, realizing that Todd's selfishness would destroy a great independent company. Carl gets angry at Todd and flips him over his shoulder, onto the ground. Bob is then fired, but he quits anyway, and soon retrieves the sodden-but-still-operable RV from the lake. At the end, he is offered a job by the owners of Alpine Soda, who want to go national independently. In addition, at the same time, the parking brake fails again, causing the RV to roll backwards flattening both the police car and that of the owners of Alpine Soda. As the credits roll, the two families are shown dancing to and singing the song, "Route 66" (RV Style).

Tags: bleak, comedy, entertaining

Review:
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.".
R.VMy rating: 6.5/10I went to see this movie with extremely low expectations, thanks to all the negative predictions which had been circulating for the past few weeks, and I have only one thing to say; DO NOT avoid this movie only because your favourite critic has said that it is an unprecedented flop, or because you think the title is unappealing  watch the movie for yourself first, and be the judge yourself without being influenced by any other guy who probably hasn't even seen the film.
Only then you will realise the true significance of this movie.First off, it's a great movie to watch with the whole family, which is saying something since most of the comedy movie nowadays are filled with raunchy jokes from start to finish (not that I don't enjoy those movies, but it's cool to watch a nice simple family movie every now and then  "The Pink Panther" is a good example of the latter).
Contrary to rumours, Robin Williams does NOT let us down, in fact I think he is just as funny as he was in his previous flicks  and if some obsessively observant viewers do notice a change in his performance, then give the guy a break, he's getting older he isn't what he used to be 10 years ago!I think it's a pretty good movie mind, it isn't a piece of genius but as I said, if you wipe out all biased thoughts from your mind before watching this flick and without the skeptical attitude, there's a good chance you will enjoy this movie as much as I did, just give it a try..
I was kinda reluctant to see this film after reading some of the other User Comments on IMDb...but knowing that Sonnenfeld directed, and of course, Williams in the lead, I knew I had to take the family to see it, and I'm glad I did.
Lots of Fun. The movie's advertising poster somehow made me think this film was going to be like the Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz classic, The Long, Long Trailer, a movie I had long loved.
While it was loaded with sometimes predictable slapstick comedy and was kind of heavy on potty situation jokes (but definitely not entirely, there was adult humor, too), there were some lines in there that were really great, particularly the ones uttered by Joanna Levesque (whose delivery was such that I found myself laughing again over some of her lines when I thought about them later), who played the daughter, and who was beautiful, by the way.
Josh Hutcherson, whom I first saw and enjoyed in Zathura, playing the son in this movie, is revealing himself to be quite a good actor, and I see that he has been cast in the upcoming film based on the award-winning children's novel, Bridge to Terabithia, which is likely to be a plum role for him.Robin Williams in his films can sometimes be irritating, but he can also be extremely funny, particularly in the way he uses his voice, and in this film, I didn't think he was ever irritating, and I particularly liked his "hip hop" or "homeboy" routine in this film.I mostly enjoyed this movie for the pleasure of being with the people in it, including all members of the Gornicke family, whose generosity of spirit I appreciated, and I thought they had a real cool bus.
The truth is that a road trip in an RV like this can be lots of fun for a family, and exploring what America has to offer is a great thing to do.
In this film, the stunning "Colorado" scenery (really Canada) was quite appealing and made me want to go to the Rockies this summer.The movie had a great soundtrack and I also noticed some clever sound effects that made the comedy situations even funnier.All in all, this movie has a great heart and is a lot of fun, and I enjoyed it a lot, as did the audience in the theater when I saw it..
"RV" is a family road trip comedy, a genre made famous by "National Lampoon's Vacation." While no one will come out of this film feeling that they saw an original comedic masterpiece.
Unlike most comedies when they try to drag out a joke, it doesn't work but in "RV" the longer the joke goes, the funnier it gets in my opinion.I also like how this film at times left it up to the audience's imagination.
I personally like the fact that a lot of his films including "RV" have the dark comedic touch to them, I pick up on these things and I seem to be one of the few people laughing when this happens but hey I find dark humor to be amusing.
Robin Williams steals the show the entire film and I feel without him involved this movie would have been really bad.
It is an excellent family comedy (a genre that I like a lot, despite the fact that I can't stand other mainstream Hollywood movie genres).
Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro (Cheryl Hines), his teenage daughter Cassie Munro (Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque) and his young son Carl Munro (Josh Hutcherson) to spend vacations in Hawaii, but Todd demands him to prepare a presentation and attend a business meeting with the owners of a family company in a merging operation scheduled in the same period.
This hilarious movie has many unforgotten sequences, but my two favorites are in the very beginning, when Cassie promises to love her father forever, and when Bob complains that the family watches television in four different apparatuses and needs Internet to communicate among them.
Not entirely original, but there are some fun moments with the RV.I did like the Gornickes (Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth), they were a little too unbelievable, but they did have a good report with Robin Williams.
With physical humor, family bickering and a great cast of comedic actors, "RV" makes for a film that all ages can enjoy.
Travis (Jeff Daniels), his wife and his home-schooled kids end up following the Munro's around, no matter how hard Bob and his family try to avoid them.
Just like most good comedies, the cast makes this movie work.
So overall, the movie was surprisingly entertaining It has been a while since I have watched a family film I enjoyed.
There were a couple more scenes here and there that got a laugh.As a family comedy, yeah, I'd give it a go, but as a movie in general I wish my friend rented something different.4/10.
This movie isn't one of Robin Williams best, as a matter of fact it's not that good.
I noticed a few people in the theater were laughing throughout the whole movie, they must have been huge Robin Williams fans.
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"..
This is perhaps the driest performance I have ever seen from Robin Williams.I might have smiled and almost chuckled a time or two,but this film never once made me laugh.Humor that involves raw sewage just isn't very entertaining to me.As a matter of fact(and I say this with no pun intended),it stinks.I have always thought that Robin Williams is at his best when he is improving,and it just seems here that he was not given enough room to do this.It seems like he is going a little too much by the script.It may not be his worst film ever,but it certainly ranks closer to the bottom of the list than it does to the top of it.I recommend all movie goers steer clear of RV and take another road..
Because truly the Daniel's Family is more friendly, likable, and intelligent than the Williams Family.If you're not expecting a lot but just a light family/comedy movie it's worth a bite..
An overworked Bob Munro (Robin Williams), his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), their 15-year-old daughter Cassie (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) and 12-year-old son Carl (Josh Hutcherson) are in desperate need of some quality time together.
Funny thing is, it attracted talented, established names like Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Barry Sonnenfeld (director), James Newton Howard (music), etc.
Not that I'm ever surprised by a good Robin Williams movie.
If you are an RV'r or have any RV experience, you will love this movie!It might not be a "fall-out-of-your-chair-for-lack-of-oxygen" funny but the laughs were all good and the pace of the humor was crisp and consistent.One of the more unusual features of this film was that *all* of the characters were likable!
But a last minute call from his boss to do an assignment leads him to changing his mind and ends up taking them to the Colorado Rockies in an RV trip.Bob and his family are put through plenty of hilarious scenarios, some of which are linked to the Gornickes, an innocent but sometimes too naive family led by Travis Gornicke and Mary Jo Gornicke(Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth respectively) The Munroes, especially Bob, go through different things, starting from cleaning up the RV's sewage system to dealing with raccoons inside the RV, also dealing with the Gornickes' strange ways.Overall a laugh out loud clean comedy for the whole family, I can't get tired of watching it over and over again..
Full of comedic moments that hark back to such great family comedies as The Great Outdoors or Vacation, Robin Williams returns to his slapstick best with his turn alongside Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines and tween icon "JoJo" Levesque.The cast, which also includes Golden Globe-nominee Jeff Daniels as the lovable RV roadwarrior Travis Gornicke, is perfect across the board.
He makes you really feel for the poor man that has worked so hard to provide his family with material wealth, but forgot along the way about the things that really count in life.Take a man that is unstable at best, but warm and witty, two kids caught up in their own worlds, and a wife that has her own world, stick them in a rolling motor home and shake and you get a funny mix.The theater was booming with the laughter as they tackle problems like, getting the racoons out of the oven, and how to empty the sewage without wearing it.Everyone in my family gives this movie two thumbs up!!.
The humour was not different from any other movie, the comedy in it was extremely fake and exaggerated, Robin Williams, being my favourite actor, has widened his popualarity, but decreased the acting and comedic talent that everyone remembered.
Robin Williams plays a father (Bob) who is having issues in work and in order to go to a business meeting in Colorado, he cancels the HAWAII TRIP and takes the family on an RV cruise (without them knowing that he is just doing this to get to a business meeting).
Yes, I was a little disappointed of the comedy of Robin Williams in this movie.
Movie review on "RV" With Robin Williams A movie about a father that just wants to spend time with his family and not always depend on Iming each other and never actually seeing one another.
As good as Robin and Cheryl were in this movie, Jeff Daniels as (Travis Gornicke) and Kristin Chenoweth as (Mary Jo Gornicke) were better.
This is a very good movie and I think you and your whole (family) will have a great time..
I heard this movie was a flop so i waited until it came out on DVD.Sure enough-it was a dud.Not very funny-slow moving-i almost fell asleep.Don't know what Robin Williams was thinking when he starred in this turkey.He is a fine actor but here it looks like he showed up-read his lines-& went home.What i found was the movie moving along at a very slow pace.Very few funny lines and you almost predict what was going to happen next.I found his two kids to be awful actors.The one bright spot i found was Jeff Daniels in the movie.He brought a bit of life to this movie.Seems to me that Daniels would have made this a better movie if he made it instead of Williams.Even though Williams is getting older he can do much better being more selective in his choosing of movies to make..
Robin Williams haven't done a lot of funny movies as of lately so I wasn't sure if I wanted to see this one.
Now that I have I can't say that I regret it but my life isn't exactly better because of it either.On and off both the movie and Williams excels, and I laughed out loud on a couple of occasions, but on the whole the movie feels like The Griswolds on yet another vacation, only not as funny.If you enjoy slapstick there are quite a few moments in the film that you will like and most of the time Williams is capable of pulling it off.
However, "RV" tries to have the best of both worlds and fails miserably.For a basic plot summary, "RV" sees Bob Munro (Williams) takes his wife (Cheryl Hines), son (Josh Hutcherson), and daughter (Jo-Jo Levesque) on an RV vacation to try and rekindle the family bond.
I don't recommend eating while you watch this.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.
So overall RV gets a 6 out of 10 on my movie review scale, and I'd also like to give a shout out to the late Robin Williams and his family, may he rest in peace..
In the vein of the Chevy Chase classic National Lampoons Vacation, In an effort to spend some time with his family during the school holidays, Robin Williams takes them on a trip across America in a RV.
That's where the similarities with the 80's comedy classic end as Robin Williams, who has saved worse movies than this, has his work well and truly cut out here.Singer Jo-Jo pops up as Williams daughter and Jeff Daniels has a decent role as an eager to help fellow RV driver on the road with his family too, and Not even he can help Williams save it.
For those of you who say Robin Williams is done and that he doesn't make funny movies anymore, I guess you haven't seen RV.
Robin Williams is even more funny that usual in this movie, as he tries to operate an RV without much luck.
Credit director Barry Sonnenfeld, too, for his sense of comedic shooting and timing, and you have an ensemble that practically can't miss.The film excels at delivering continuous laughs through light humor that propels the story along in an ideal Vacation-esquire manner, with the family nagging at each other's throats and narrowly escaping the "dangers" of the road.
Credit director Barry Sonnenfeld, too, for his sense of comedic shooting and timing, and you have an ensemble that practically can't miss.The film excels at delivering continuous laughs through light humor that propels the story along in an ideal Vacation-esquire manner, with the family nagging at each other's throats and narrowly escaping the "dangers" of the road.
The music track by James Newton Howard is atypical for the soundtrack sub-mogul, playing against his dramatic style to accent the film's quirky visuals and hilarious antics.In what appeared to be a bygone niche, Sonnenfeld, Robin Williams and Jeff Daniels revive the family comedy in RV.
The music track by James Newton Howard is atypical for the soundtrack sub-mogul, playing against his dramatic style to accent the film's quirky visuals and hilarious antics.In what appeared to be a bygone niche, Sonnenfeld, Robin Williams and Jeff Daniels revive the family comedy in RV.
My family and I went to see RV for the purpose of Robin Williams and Kristin Chenoweth, who both did a great job.
The comedy was insidious, and I found myself in stitches so many times, I can't even remember what I was laughing about.Robin Williams lived up to my high expectations of him, expressive, funny and able to make me forget it's him playing his character.
The script puts the family into some pretty funny situations, but hadn't it been for Robin Williams this movie would've been on the IMDb down bottom 100.
This was a great family film with honest laughs and fun physical, slapstick comedy.
This is a great family film with laughs for everyone.If you didn't enjoy this movie, it's because whatever was up your butt the whole time was distracting you.
It is still funny because I like Robin Williams.
I have always liked Robin Williams and "RV" is one of those types of movies that you can watch again and again.The storyline was a bit on the simplistic side, but entertaining and enjoyable nonetheless.