RV (film)

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RV (Runaway Vacation)
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Produced by Bobby Cohen
Lucy Fisher
Douglas Wick
Written by Geoff Rodkey
Starring Robin Williams
Cheryl Hines
Jeff Daniels
Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Josh Hutcherson
Kristin Chenoweth
Will Arnett
Music by James Newton Howard
David Mansfield
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date(s) April 28, 2006
Running time 98 min.
Language English
Budget $65 million (estimated)
IMDb profile

RV or Runaway Vacation is a movie starring Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, JoJo, Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hutcherson. The movie began filming in the Vancouver area and southern Alberta on May 25, 2005 and finished filming in December of 2005. It was released on April 28, 2006 in North America. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 15, 2006.

  • Tagline: On a family vacation, no one can hear you scream.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Bob Munro (Robin Williams) and his dysfunctional family – wife Jamie, daughter Cassie and son Carl – have planned a vacation in Hawaii. However, at the last minute, Bob's boss tells him he wants Bob at a presentation for a merger. With no choice but to accept for fear of losing a promotion, Bob rents an RV, and tells his family they're travelling to the Rockies.

Already perturbed at losing their trip to Hawaii, the family's happiness doesn't improve as they battle raccoons, rainstorms, and a community of bizarre fellow campers, including the Gornickes, another family at an RV park who follow the Munro family . And through it all, Bob must manage to keep his family in the dark that their vacation is a ploy to get to a business meeting on time – while still managing to get there at all.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Trivia

  • "Irv", the cowboy-hatted RV rental spokesman depicted on the side of the family's RV, is played by director Barry Sonnenfeld.
  • The RV park that is set in Nevada is really outside of Vancouver
  • The "Happy Max" RV is a 1948 Flxible Clipper.
  • After Carl (the son) is made fun of due to his height, he talks with his father and says to Williams' character, "When you were my age, you were already shaving." This is a reference to Jack (film), a film starring Robin Williams.
  • Josh Hutcherson and Robin Williams were both in movies based on Chris Van Allsburg Books, for example: Robin Williams was in Jumanji and Josh Hutcherson was in Zathura and The Polar Express.
  • The raccoon that infiltrates the RV is referred to as Rocky by Bob Munro (Robin Williams). This is a nod to the famous western Beatles song Rocky Raccoon. Also, Bob mentions a couple of lines from the song. ("C'mon, Rocky boy") and such.
  • Beside JoJo's bed in the RV scene's lays a picture of Freddy Adu (Her current boyfriend at the time.)

[edit] Box Office and Critical Reception

RV grossed $86,892,180 on the Worldwide Box Office,[1] as well as being rejected by most film critics. It received a "23% Rotten" score on RottenTomatoes.[2]

  • "There is nothing I much disliked but little to really recommend." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
  • "RV works up an ingratiating sweetness that partially compensates for its blunt predictability and meager laughs." — Justin Chang, Variety

In addition to these critical drubbings, RV has also 'won' a Golden Raspberry Award for the newly-created category "Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment".[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Box Office Mojo RV
  2. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1156340-rv/
  3. ^ [1]

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