College Road Trip

G

Released Mar 7, 2008

1 hr. 23 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

List

12%

74 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Police chief and hyper-protective father James (Martin Lawrence) drives his teenage daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symoné), from their home in Chicago to a college interview in Washington, D.C. En route, they meet disturbingly cheerful parent Doug (Donny Osmond), their car breaks down and he finds his son and pet pig stowed away in the trunk. What's worse, James gets caught spying on his daughter at a sorority house. Despite the chaos, James begins to realize that his baby girl has grown up.

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Critics Consensus

Filled with shrill gags and middling slapstick, College Road Trip is woefully short on comic imagination.

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Ryan F

That movie was awful!! I'm sorry I wasted money on that garbage

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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Audience Member

An overprotective father, played by Martin Lawrence, decides to take his daughter, played by Raven Symonè, on a trip to decide what college she will attend. There are a few moments in this movie that were funny or well acted, but they were fleeting. Raven Symonè is a Disney sitcom actress and it shows frequently here. Martin Lawrence is not an actor and only plays himself in the role. His style of humor is all over this movie and I was surprised that he wasn't a writer for the film. There are a few running gags in this film that didn't pay off, comedy comes in threes and we only got two. There are more than a few plot introductions that go nowhere as well. Donny Osmond plays an annoying father that has the idealistic relationship with his daughter and could have stolen the show, but the character he played was too annoying. This movie is not worth your time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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jean luis r

College Road trip starring Martin Lawrence and Raven Symone is an example of what happens when you have good intentions but ruined it with stupid schlapstick comedy that hurts the very message of the film. In here, Martin Lawrence plays a cop who wants his daughter to go to a college near home but she wants to attend Georgetown. So they go on a college road trip to Georgetown where father and daughter fight over what college she will attend filled with absurd and sometimes funny situations. Martin Lawrence and Raven have great chemistry together, the problem is the stupid gags that get in the way of what is a nice story about an overprotective father and his daughter. The film is quite mediocre because of these absurd situations that insult the intelligence of the audience. Has some laughs but in the end it leaves wanting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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r 9

A mundane watch. Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné stop 'College Road Trip' from falling towards the bottom tier of Disney, but they are the only plus points in what is a very poor film. The quality of the comedy is awful, despite one or two extremely minor chuckles. They also try to shoehorn a hearty narrative at the end, which unsurprisingly doesn't land. Best avoided.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I don't know what you pussy ass bitches thought when you was watching this movie.... but this movie is amazing, don't know why y'all motherfuckers put so many low rating stars y'all were probably high and didn't understand what was going on... watch it again sober anywayyyssss to the person reading this remember you are loved, have an amazing day <3 :) XD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Not perfect but definitely a great fun family film!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/20

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Roger Kumble

Director

Martin Lawrence

Chief James Porter

Raven-Symoné

Melanie Porter

Donny Osmond

Doug

Brenda Song

Nancy

Eshaya Draper

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Rated: 1/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Rated: 1/5

May 13, 2009

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Martin Lawrence's long, sad devolution from the poor man's young Eddie Murphy to the poor man's late-period Eddie Murphy continues.

Rated: D

Oct 18, 2008

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

On only a single occasion do I recall laughing.

Rated: .5/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

A gag inducing over the top mess of a family film.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 7, 2010

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Jonathan W. Hickman

Entertainment Insiders

To put it bluntly, this trip isn't worth taking for the vast majority of movie-goers.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Synopsis

Police chief and hyper-protective father James (Martin Lawrence) drives his teenage daughter, Melanie (Raven-Symoné), from their home in Chicago to a college interview in Washington, D.C. En route, they meet disturbingly cheerful parent Doug (Donny Osmond), their car breaks down and he finds his son and pet pig stowed away in the trunk. What's worse, James gets caught spying on his daughter at a sorority house. Despite the chaos, James begins to realize that his baby girl has grown up.

Director: Roger Kumble
Executive Producer: Ann Marie Sanderlin, Anthony Katagas, Raven-Symoné, Michael Green
Screenwriter: Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Lee Wilson, Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Gunn Films
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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