Film Review

Robin Williams is a funny guy with a sometimes poor sense of what makes a good film. While he has chosen a few winners: Good Morning Vietnam, The Fisherking, and Awakenings. He has also chosen some truly boring films: Bicentennial Man, One Hour Photo and Good Will Hunting. ( Just kidding about Good Will Hunting!)

RV belongs at the top of Robin Williams's 'At Least I Might Make Some Money' list.

This movie felt like a bad retread of National Lampoon's Vacation territory. At least that movie had the edge of Chevy Chase to carry it along. Robin Williams is too straight to really make you laugh. This is a shame since Williams' can be really off kilter and funny at times. More often than not, I found him awkward rather than amusing.

The plot is thinner than the paper it was printed on. Stereotypical family tensions and scatalogical humor abound. The two or three laughs in the movie come from the newcomers JoJo and Josh Hutcherson. JoJo is also an up and coming pop singer. Is it me or is the line between singer and actress disappearing, I guess that's what happens when the same corporations own the record companies as well as the film studios.

Unless you have a Jeff Daniels fetish, I wouldn't bother!