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 Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth (Full Cast)
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Bob Munro (Williams) and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a roadtrip to the Colorado Rockies, where they encounter a bizarre community of campers.
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Review by Joel Meares Barry Sonnenfeld's R.V. is not nearly as bad as the synopsis implies. Unlike other unsuccessful broad American comedies of late, it does not mishandle a promising premise, but rather at moments invigorates the stale and predictable yarn that forms its plot. Buoyed by a mostly sharp screenplay by Geoff Rodkey, Sonnenfeld directs with disarming and unobvious flair. Gone is the glossy sheen of family films like the remake of Cheaper by the Dozen, replaced by a simplicity of style, bubbly pace and a general unforced likeability. more.. Review by OhmyNews Forced to cancel his family's beloved Hawaiian vacation due to demands at work, Bob Munro (Robin Williams) decides to rent an RV for a cross country trip to make a business pitch. Packing up his wife (Cheryl Hines, "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and kids (Joanna Levesque and Josh Hutcherson), the Munros hit the road, only to find their inexperience with the massive RV haunts them on every mile of the trip. more.. Review by Michael Wilmington Robin Williams is such a great comic virtuoso that it can almost hurt to see him straining to pump life into a conventional, uninspired, sometimes-goofy big-studio comedy such as "RV."
Why does Williams--an improvising wonder whose raging free-association "spritzes" can hot-wire audiences into giddy orgies of mirth--get cajoled into silly stuff like "RV," where he plays Bob Munro, an anxious white-collar guy taking his family on the vacation from hell in a recreational vehicle that often runs amok? more..
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