Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

vchimpanzee I really needed this. The day before I saw this movie I saw one movie that was terrible and one that was good but depressing. That's what happens when you're cheap and you just watch what's on, even if you use a DVR to see it later. And with this movie, a DVR or other recording device is essential. You want to see everything happen. Or maybe you don't. I don't recommend eating while you watch this.Robin Williams doesn't do his best work here, but if all you want is to see this master play a normal father with the ability for the slapstick and stand-up styles of comedy, you couldn't do much better. His presentation in Boulder is brief but amazing. There's a second presentation that is also quite good but not ideal for a business professional; it's more suited to, say, a corny movie that teaches a moral lesson. And he does the normal father scenes quite well.JoJo Levesque is ideal as a spoiled teenager who learns what is important in life and can even show a mature side. She starts out (what-EVER) as quite a contrast to the adorable Erika-Shaye Gair we saw a few minutes earlier. And she can SING! You have to stay around for the closing credits. Not everyone in this cast has singing talent, but she does.Cheryl Hines is quite likable and amazingly tolerant. And she looks good here. I think the difference is she doesn't smile much. She doesn't have much to smile about. But when she does, it's not that gigantic smile.Kristin Chenoweth makes the most of her role as the matriarch of the annoying Gornicke family that keeps showing up to make our heroes miserable. You have to like her, unless you're the Munros. She looks great and isn't ashamed to show off her ... chest. She has a magnificent singing voice and even shows her operatic talent in performing something corny.Jeff Daniels is likable and actually intelligent. For his role, I would have expected someone more like Organ Stew Guy. He was introduced at a time when poor Bob needed someone with brains to clean up the literal mess made by the bumbling Howie and Joe Joe. But for the annoying rednecks, I didn't think intelligence would be required. I was wrong, and he plays a great character.I've mentioned music several times. There's a lot of good music here. Most of it is instrumental country music, but I don't need words to enjoy it. When there are words, they are mostly the silly words that you would expect kids to hate. Hines doesn't mind being silly and embarrassing her kids, who have their own "music" (it doesn't qualify).Colorado has magnificent scenery. I can't say enough about it. North Carolina's mountains are beautiful, but I don't think we have anything to compare to this. And yet the credits mention Canada. So this is actually Canada? Wherever it is, it's enough to drive home the lesson this family has needed to learn. Who needs Hawaii? Utah's not bad either. Great rock formations. For some reason, no trees grow until you reach the border.And we do learn some important lessons here. We have the evil boss who doesn't seem to care about family and probably wouldn't appreciate nature either. And Laird, the young upstart who might replace Bob who has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Brilliant, but no people skills. So once it becomes clear people like this aren't the ones you should consider important in life, our heroes find out what really makes life worth living.Is it appropriate for the whole family? Of course. If your family likes potty humor. I can see some strict parents not wanting their kids anywhere near this. But it's a fun adventure if you can handle it.

Python Hyena R.V. (2006): Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld / Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Kristin Chenoweth: One glance at this film gives off the feeling that the vehicle is a metaphor for unity particularly the family in question who spend a lot of heartache and agitation with it. Simple plot has Robin Williams bypassing his promised family vacation to Hawaii in favour of an R.V. trip to Colorado but he fails to inform them that it is all business to save his job. Screenplay compiles many road movie clichés yet it concludes with one of its best jokes. It stays focused on the R.V. for a majority of the humour, which is a plus considering the formula driven plot. Not nearly as funny as the Chevy Chase Vacation series but it does serve as a very different project for director Barry Sonnenfeld whose credits include Men in Black and the terrible Wild Wild West. Williams is the only casting to hold strong as he struggles to maintain his family and the vehicle itself. Cheryl Hines as his wife isn't given enough to do. Josh Hutcherson and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque play the bickering children. Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth play another couple they encounter and they come off as awkwardly bizarre. Theme regards the importance of family but it also uses the R.V itself to master much of the humour. While the material is flat it still should render its appeal to families. Score: 6 ½ / 10

slightlymad22 In the vein of the Chevy Chase classic National Lampoons Vacation, In an effort to spend some time with his family during the school holidays, Robin Williams takes them on a trip across America in a RV. That's where the similarities with the 80's comedy classic end as Robin Williams, who has saved worse movies than this, has his work well and truly cut out here.Singer Jo-Jo pops up as Williams daughter and Jeff Daniels has a decent role as an eager to help fellow RV driver on the road with his family too, and Not even he can help Williams save it. Williams is watchable as always, but if I had to choose between rewatching this and going to a firework display on a very rainy night. RV would probably lose.

arsonistheway I will keep this review brief because I really don't want to put more effort into this review than anyone who involved in the writing of this film. There are many people on this site saying "It's not as bad as everyone says," well they're right this movie is even worse than anybody could possibly describe. The premise itself is pretty lame. A family goes on a road trip because they can't go to Hawaii due to the family patriarch's work obligations. Eventually whatshisname bonds with his kids and learns some sort of valuable lesson. So, this is nothing we haven't seen before, but how well is it executed. Answer: horribly. The characters are the stereotypes of The workaholic father, the wife who has no personality to speak of, the insecure teenage son who tries to look like a bad@$$, the distant college-bound teenage daughter, and the pointless "whacky" family. The jokes are just a barrage of Robin Williams being a spazz,poop jokes, random "whackiness", and a bunch of idiocy I am sure I forgot to mention. There is also something about a small time soda company being bought out, but if you still want to see this movie I can't stop you.