Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the McNeive family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.
It probably sounded like a swell idea in the pitch meeting.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
2 May 2006
fresh:
In RV, the downwardly spiraling career trajectories of Robin Williams and director Barry Sonnenfeld intertwine like the ropes of a tangled parachute.
– John Patterson,
L.A. Weekly,
2 May 2006
rotten:
Outsized huckster idiocy...
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 May 2006
rotten:
Robin Williams tricks us into believing he can control his inner maniac beyond the film's first 15 minutes; when he fails, any hopes of RV going off-formula are dashed.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
6 May 2006
rotten:
Not unbearably terrible, just thoroughly mediocre.