RV (2006, UMD)

RV is a 2006 comedy starring Robin Williams. We have been waiting for the DVD release of this movie with hopes of an enjoyable movie. It lived up to it's promise even though the film was a bit cheesy also. Lights, Camera....Action! RV is about a family who is planning to go on a summer vacation to Hawaii before the kids go back to school. Bob Munro (Robin Williams) has promised this trip to his wife, Jamie (Cheryl Hines) for some time now. The kids are excited too, for as teens they are looking forward to hanging out at the beach. Bob's boss has other plans and tells him you either...

There is a scene early on in RV where Robin Williams asks his family what would be a good name for the RV they just rented to take on a business trip disguised as a family vacation. The daughter, a Vegetarian Goth, suggests "big turd". Her younger brother favors "Big Rolling Turd". It's to RV's credit that it doesn't quite sink to the level of quality of that second suggested name for the titular camper. Is RV dumb? Yes. But calling it that is beside the point. It was deliberately designed to be dumb. Is RV an awful movie? No. In terms of quality it's not a Robin Williams comedy classic like..

RV stars Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, and Cheryl Hines in a PG-rated comedy about a family s comic mishaps while taking a cross-country vacation in a huge motor home. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld of Men in Black and The Addam s Family fame. Robin Williams plays a marketing executive for a company run by a hard-nosed germophobe. Williams had been planning a Hawaiian vacation for his family, but a last-minute change at work forces him to skip the trip and attend a meeting in Colorado. Rather than break the news directly to his family, Williams decides to rent an RV and convince them to..

Growing up, a family vacation meant hitching up the car to a trailer and heading out. And some of my happiest memories are from those trips. It didn't matter where we went, we had a good time. With that background, I must admit I was curious about RV. Based on the previews, I probably would have passed right on by. But I had to give it a try. I wish I'd listened to my first instinct. The Munro family used to be close. But then the kids grew up. Now father Bob (Robin Williams) is committed to his job always worried that his demanding boss will fire him for a younger, better motivated model....