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RV
- Review Date: August 14, 2006
- PG
- Genre: Comedy
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Feeble retread of comic family vacation plot.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film is premised on a tedious sitcommish conceit: A father lies to his family about the reason for their vacation. The predictable road trip hijinks include problems with the RV's septic system (sewage exploding all over Robin Williams), sulky children, RV crashes and bad roads, mud and rain, wild raccoons, hip-hop bullies, and fellow travelers ridiculed for seeming "hick." These travelers include a mother who shows lots of skin and frequent cleavage. Children behave badly toward adults, adults behave badly toward children. Language includes sexual references; violence is comprised mainly of comic antics and pratfalls.
What's the story?
Though Bob (Robin Williams) means well, he's so caught up in efforts to "provide" for wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and two kids, Cassie (Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque) and Carl (Josh Hutcherson), that he's lost track of their evolving lives and interests. Hoping to bring everyone together for a trip to Hawaii, Bob is stymied by his arrogant young boss Todd (Will Arnett), and decides to drive to Colorado in an RV instead, pretending it's another sort of vacation, though really it's a way for Bob to get to a business meeting and make a crucial presentation. No surprise, "roughing it" on the road involves a series of raucous physical gags: the septic tank explosion, the angry raccoons, the downpour, the RV's gradual demolition.
Is it any good?
Unoriginal and unfunny, Barry Sonnenfeld's RV puts yet another dysfunctional family though the paces of yet another summer vacation. Not only does the movie abuse its characters, it condescends to its viewers, presuming a lowest-denominator sense of humor. Sonnenfeld made Men In Black and Get Shorty: You know he can do better.
Bob and his family have numerous lessons to learn, including charity, responsibility, and honesty. They misjudge and deride a yahoo-seeming family, stereotypes that only amplify Bob's self-centeredness, which really doesn't need amplifying. We get it. He'll learn to be a better dad if only he can hit rock bottom. In this case, that involves being dragged and thrown by the runaway RV, chasing the RV into a lake, and riding his specially designed bike over mountain trails to the presentation, so he arrives muddied and ragged.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the importance of families spending time together. How does Bob forget the need for this intimacy in his desire to provide for his family financially? How do the kids learn to "appreciate" their father when he admits his mistakes? Is all the gross-out humor necessary to make the movie entertaining?
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LOVE IT!
i Like this movie pretty funny haha lmao it was very simple but intresting at the same time
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Boring and Stupid
I was disappointed in this movie. It was basically pointless, and full of stupid and not funny jokes, and many are crud. Approprite for most audiences, but not a very good family comedy.
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nice movie for kids; again not my favorite
kids love it wasn't my favorite... not inappropriate many funny jokes... good for movie nights!
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Kid, 11 years old
June 19, 2011
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RV
This is a really good movie but it`s inappropiate beacuse the people in the movie use bad language. PG- For some peril and language.
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Kid, 12 years old
July 19, 2010
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really????????1 star and give it iffy for 11-13???????????really???????
well, i gave it iffy for 6 and under and on for 6 and over to see it.
5 needs parental guidance but 6 fine.
well, if you really really really really put it 1 star and give it iffy for between the age 11 and 13 on PG(and not PG-13), they will use one "f--k" and some "s--t". And I like this movie.
when you rate it "NO KIDS","off for 18 and under","off for 17 and under","off for 16 and under","off for 15 and under","off for 14 and under" and sometimes off for "13" and under and get it 0-5 stars on PG, they can use a lot of "f--k".
There is Marie Jo wears tight outfits and shows much cleavage (WARNING: do not type this in kids sites, except CSM - it includes almost all websites and they can ban you for it.), Some Violence, one use of "f--k", some "Jacka--" and "s--t", two uses of "suck", but most profanity is used, especially "turd" and "b--tch" and zero use(s) of "d--k" some "hick" replaces to d--k, and b*tt. no consumerism that much, some dr*g abuse, (a)lot of negative messages/role models. I think this scene is questionable. Here, two uses of highlights and one uses of the educational, "the school". I think this scene is ON.
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why will PG/TV-PG stuff say "b*tch"
That word is only for rated PG-13/TV-14 stuff.
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A hilarious, yet sweet movie
Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Joanna Levesque, and Josh Hutcherson make a great cast when it comes to RV, a comedy that will make everyone laugh.
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funny, crude
entertaining movie but it is crude
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| Topics: | adventures |
| Studio: | Columbia Tristar |
| Director: | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Cast: | Cheryl Hines, JoJo Levesque, Robin Williams |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 98 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | April 28, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | August 15, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | crude humor, innuendo and language. |
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