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Girls just want to have fun in this family comedy, which pairs Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone as an insanely overprotective father and his college-bound daughter. She wants to attend school halfway across the country and he wants her close to home, but dad's schemes to sabotage her dreams land them in one mess after another. Donny Osmond, Kym E. Whitley, Brenda Song.

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College Road Trip is a 2008 American family comedy film directed by Roger Kumble and starring Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song, Margo Harshman, and Donny Osmond. The film centers on college-bound teen Melanie Porter (Raven-Symoné), who goes on a road trip to different colleges with her father. The film was released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on March 7, 2008.

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College Road Trip

March 7, 2008

Comedy, Family, Live Action

Ambitious and confident Melanie Porter is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence – a girls-only road trip to check out colleges. But this rite of passage takes a wrong turn when her overprotective father insists on escorting her instead, and Melanie's dream trip quickly turns into a nightmare of wild and wacky curves.

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Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman's life...unless your overprotective father isn't quite ready to let you go. In the Disney family comedy, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, Melanie (RAVEN-SYMONÉ) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a "girls only" road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police chief father (MARTIN LAWRENCE) insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil.

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Melanie Porter ( Raven-Symoné ), a 17-year-old college-bound girl, is getting ready to graduate from high school and really wants to go to Georgetown University. However, her father James Porter ( Martin Lawrence ), the chief of police in the quiet Chicago suburb where they live, is overprotective of Melanie, and isn't ready for her to leave and study so far away from home. James has other plans for Melanie, he wants her to go to Northwestern University which is only 28 minutes away from home. James also receives problems from disagreements with his real estate agent wife, Michelle ( Kym Whitley ), the family pig Albert, who continuously annoys him, and his young son, Trey (Eshaya Draper), who spends much time with the pig.

Melanie gets invited to an interview at Georgetown after a college recruiter saw her performance at a mock trial. Her two best friends Nancy ( Brenda Song ) and Katie (Margo Harshman) offer to take her on their college road trip to Pittsburgh. Melanie is all set to go with her friends until her father surprises her with his own college road trip to Washington, D.C.

On their way, Melanie reluctantly visits Northwestern to take a tour. They meet an almost- too -happy father and daughter duo, Doug ( Donny Osmond ) and Wendy (Molly Ephraim), who are on their own college road trip. James has planted actors at Northwestern, one screaming at Melanie they lost an eye at Georgetown. Melanie almost falls for it until one of the actors says to her "Yeah, the chief's a pretty smart guy", since he never met Porter.

Their car soon breaks down and they find Trey in the trunk with Albert and a supply of oxygen. They stop at a hotel (thanks to Albert's navigating) but end up causing trouble when Albert eats coffee beans and becomes hyperactive. They run into Doug and Wendy again, who offer James and Melanie a ride since James' car broke down. Later, Melanie and her father ride on a tour bus where they try to work out their differences. At one destination, Nancy and Katie show up and take Melanie to a sorority house. James, due to a misunderstanding, and the owner not letting him in to check on her, sneaks into the house. After hearing that his daughter has faith in him, he decides to leave the next morning. Unfortunately, after Melanie leaves, he gets caught by the owner, brutally dazed, and arrested. James' mother comes to bail him out, calls him out on his overprotectiveness, and opens up about her own past fears when her son went to the Army, but still believed in her son to go his own path.

James and Melanie end up forgiving each other at the airport. After dropping off Trey, they skydive to make the interview at Georgetown. Melanie is nervous, but James tells her she can do it and that they didn't come all this way for nothing. She then is accepted into Georgetown, which Wendy is accepted into too.

In the end, James copes with letting go and the final scene shows the Porter and Greenhut families at Thanksgiving dinner. Melanie introduces her boyfriend Tracy (Benjamin Patterson), who turns out to be a male. James accepts this, and Wendy announces her engagement to Scooter ( Lucas Grabeel ) a chipper young man who behaves exactly like Doug. This causes Doug to finally snap and attack Scooter.

The New York Times movies listing lists among the cast:

• Martin Lawrence as Chief James Porter
• Raven-Symoné as Melaine Porter
• Eshaya Draper as Trey Porter
• Kym Whitley as Michelle Porter
• Donny Osmond as Doug
• Molly Ephraim as Wendy
• Brenda Song as Nancy Carter
• Arnetia Walker as Grandma Porter
• Margo Harshman as Katie
• Vincent Pastore as Freddy
• Lucas Grabeel as Scooter
• Will Sasso as Deputy O'Mally
• Kelly Coffield Park as Sorority House Mother
• Joseph R. Gannascoli as Mr. Arcarra
• Michael Landes as Donny
• Adam LeFevre as Judge
• Eugene Jones III as Hunter
• Josh Meyers as Stuart
• Lonny Ross as Student Guide

Critical reception [ ]

The film received mainly negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator at Rotten Tomatoes reported that 14% of critics gave the film positive reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 19 reviews. The New York Times gathered positive reviews toward the leading cast's performance. Martin Lawrence received positive reviews from several magazines, Rotten Tomatoes criticized his appearance yet again. 411 Mania gave it a final score of 7.5 out of 10 based on several reviews and managed to give it a positive DVD and film review. The film also received positive reviews from Blu-ray.com, Kansas City Star and several other publications including the Pittsburgh Post Gazette . The film also received negative reviews from USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle .

Box office performance [ ]

In its opening weekend, the film grossed approximately $14 million in 2,706 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office. As of mid-May 2008, it has earned nearly $45 million domestically so far, pulling in more than other teen fare that year such as Prom Night , which cooled after an initially more successful opening weekend. The movie brought in $13,651,758 on its opening weekend, and continued on to gross $31,117,834 to finish off the month, making it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to be released under 2000 screens. The movie is not only the highest-grossing movie on the day of its release, its also the highest-grossing kids movie and highest opening weekend during that month.

The following Monday, it pulled in $2,253,215. Among films that had fewer than 1,000 screens on opening day, the film ranked second. College Road Trip opened with $8.6 million on 683 screens. It averaged $45,560 per screen in its opening weekend, giving it the highest average per theater of all time for a limited release film. Because of the strong demand, Disney extended the film's run indefinitely. Internationally, the film is set for further release. There were rumors that the Philippines, reporting tickets selling out well in advance of its release and that its run there is extended due to popular demand. But it was never released in Philippine cinemas, and it was planned to go directly to home video.

Development [ ]

Production [ ].

Cinco Paul and partner Ken Daurio wrote the most recent draft. The movie was born out of the Disney Writers Program by Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki. The movie was produced by Andrew Gunn/Gunn Films and directed by Roger Kumble. Filming began July 9, 2007.

Promotion [ ]

To promote the movie in the United States, Raven-Symoné appeared on WWE WrestleMania XXIV, Chelsea Lately , MTV's TRL , Live with Regis and Kelly , The View , BET's 106 & Park , and The Oprah Winfrey Show . The theme song of the movie was "Double Dutch Bus", sung by Raven-Symoné. The music video for the song appeared on Disney Channel and was included in her self-titled album. The music video included scenes from the movie. Disney Channel TV spots were aired promoting the film in the United States.

The first trailer appeared alongside Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Enchanted . Advertising for the film used the tagline "They just can't get there fast enough."

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Dvd and blu-ray release [ ].

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 15, 2008. Both the DVD and Blu-ray releases will contain the following bonus features.

• Deleted scenes including alternate opening and ending
• "Double Dutch Bus" music video
• Audio commentary by director Roger Kumble, writers Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki, and stars
• Raven's Video Diary – Tag along on the set of the hot young stars from sensation Disney shows and movies
• On the Set: Double Dutch Bus – A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the film's signature song

Specification [ ]

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• French Language Track
• French and Spanish Subtitles
• Full Screen (1:33:1) and Widescreen (2.35:1)

College Road Trip sold 439,809 copies in the first week of release pulling in $8,030,648 of additional revenue for the franchise. It has sold a total of 1,004,834 copies since its release and made a total of $18,461,049 in DVD sales.

Billboard Top DVD Sales: #2

Billboard Top Video Rentals: #2

In May 2008, Disney Press released a book based on the movie written by Alice Alfonsi. The novel has the printed original movie poster as the cover.

• This is the third time Song and Raven-Symoné have worked together. The other projects being an episode of That's So Raven and an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody .
• Raven-Symoné ( That's So Raven ), Song ( The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody , Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior , and other Disney projects), Grabeel ( High School Musical series) and Harshman ( Even Stevens ) have all starred in other Disney projects.
• The film did not receive a cinema release in Australia. Although promotions for the film aired on Disney Channel Australia a confirmed date for the movie to begin screening in theaters was never given. The film was released direct-to-DVD instead.
• Deleted scenes include an alternate opening where James foils a bank robbery and a phone conversation where Michelle hears Melanie's and James' complaints while trying to sell a house. The couple think she is talking to another buyer and decide to buy the house themselves.

External links [ ]

• Official Disney College Road Trip DVD and Blu-ray
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College Road Trip

When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

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(2008) They can't get there fast enough. | Released

Revenue: $51,549,674

Budget: $25,000,000

Profit: + $26,549,674

Movie Details

Tag Line: They can't get there fast enough.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Mar 7, 2008

Rating: 2008-03-07

Run Time: 1h 23m

Original Language: English

Website: Link

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures , Gunn Films

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Martin Lawrence

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Raven-Symoné

Age : 38 | Popularity : 6%

Kym Whitley

Age : 63 | Popularity : 14%

Brenda Song

Age : 36 | Popularity : 20%

Margo Harshman

Age : 38 | Popularity : 72%

Donny Osmond

Age : 66 | Popularity : 7%

Molly Ephraim

Age : 38 | Popularity : 25%

Age : 49 | Popularity : 8%

Geneva Carr

Age : 53 | Popularity : 12%

Lucas Grabeel

Age : N/A | Popularity : 61%

Adam LeFevre

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Eugene Jones III

Age : 37 | Popularity : 3%

Matthew Schlein

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Josh Meyers

Age : 48 | Popularity : 12%

Age : 46 | Popularity : 6%

Vincent Pastore

Age : 77 | Popularity : 18%

Joseph R. Gannascoli

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