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If there’s one
thing that College Road Trip does well, it’s remind us
that another Disney Comedy is the last thing that we audiences
need. Disney, milking as much out of an established formula as
it possibly can, this time tries to fill seats by targeting the
coveted African-American demographic, hiring the ever-popular
stars Martin Lawrence and Raven Symone to appeal to black
viewers. Of course, everything else about this dead-on-arrival
dud has been seen before, from the cliché story about a father
having to let go of his young daughter to the supporting
little-brother who carries a rambunctious pet pig at his side.
Oh, and did I mention the oh-so-clever montages in which the
lead characters transform emotionally in a matter of seconds to
appear as though deep revelations are made in a plot that’s far
too shallow to support such achievements? Yeah, College Road
Trip has its fair share of those, too. Lawrence and Symone
have their moments—as does Donnie Osmond in a kooky supporting
role (well, for his first few minutes, at least)—but there’s no
reason to care about them when they don’t have a solid
foundational-story on which to stand. Quite frankly, there’s no
reason to pay ten bucks to see College Road Trip when you
could just stay at home and watch one of the countless other
movies like it instead.
-Danny Baldwin,
Bucket Reviews
Review Published
on: 3.11.2008
Screened on:
3.9.2008 at the AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles, CA.
College Road Trip is rated G and runs
83 minutes.
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