They Can't Get There Fast Enough.
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish, Subtitled
Disney College Road Trip (Blu-ray)Melanie is eagerly looking forward to taking her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" roadtrip to check out prospective universities. However, when her imposing police-chief dad insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip turning into a nightmare full of misfortune andturmoil. Dad wants to assure total security and safety for his precious daughter, while Melanie hasa 17-year-old's need to become a grown woman and have her own sense of independence. Now, even as dad and daughter bicker, banter and careen from onedisaster to the next on their journey, they are about to discover that, sometimes, going that extramile to be together can forge a family bond so strong it can withstand anything even wild curves ahead.
"...[if] your driver's license is still a distant dream, consider this a path to pure hilarity." Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
"Undeniably fun for the kids...a warm return to the live-action Disney movies of yesteryear." Matthew Sorrento, Film Threat
Editor's Note
Directed by Roger Kumble (THE SWEETEST THING, JUST FRIENDS), the 2008 comedy COLLEGE ROAD TRIP stars Martin Lawrence as Chicago cop James Porter, an overprotective father who wants to keep his college-bound daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symone), close to home. When the smart, assertive Melanie declares her intention to attend Georgetown instead of Northwestern, James insistently sets out with her on a cross-country car journey to Washington D.C., hoping to dissuade her along the way. En route, of course, plenty of hijinks ensue, including scenarios involving a precocious pig and, oddly enough, Donny Osmond, who turns up as an eeriely cheery dad also on a college-touring campaign.With its broad, slapstick humor and enegetic leads, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP is a perfect vehicle for Lawrence and Raven, who both play to their well-established personas--the former a cranky bumbler, the latter a headstrong teen. Osmond, in his first film role in decades, ideally embodies Ned Flanders-like enthusiasm, stealing plenty of scenes with the aid of his equally giddy on-screen offspring (Molly Ephraim). Although it's far from high-minded cinema, TRIP is a fun, family-oriented road movie that easily appeals to a wide audience, and offers up many silly and appalling moments of parental embarrassment.
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