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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)You know a movie has taken a very strange turn when you find yourself eagerly awaiting the next appearance by Donny Osmond.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyAt its best when it drops any pretense of plot for sheer goof (as when a Japanese sightseer belts ''Sister Christian'' on a karaoke tour bus), and at its worst when Lawrence manages to out-ham even his porky four-legged costar.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis overplayed, underachieving laffer feels thoroughly manufactured to Disney specifications.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyLawrence's descent from hyperactive foulmouth to G-rated father figure has been in evidence for years now, but watching director Roger Kumble move from flawed but juicy projects like "Cruel Intentions" to pap like this is a depressing career development.
- Perhaps there will be people who do laugh at Lawrence and Raven-Symon screaming in tandem, or mugging their way along every tortured mile of their road trip, or unwittingly joining a sky-diving club and having to parachute into Washington so Melanie can make her interview. Heck, it was all really funny when they did it on "I Love Lucy."
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttWhat is puzzling is the incompatibility of the two leads with their roles. Raven is supposed to be a high school senior on a road trip to check out prospective universities. But she acts like a adolescent on a sugar high during a weekend sleepover.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisEyes popping and mouths agape, Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné mug their way through College Road Trip as if it were a silent movie -- which, come to think of it, would have been a lot less irritating.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAs generic as its title, College Road Trip feels like a first draft, the one the studio brings to the rewrite team that, in this case, never got hired.
- 25TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghLawrence runs through his usual repertory of mugging, seething and generally acting like a fool, only to be regularly upstaged by Arnold, Trey's pet piglet.
- 25USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe tagline for College Road Trip is "You Can't Get There Fast Enough." But for those who sit through this humorless and massively predictable movie, a more apt phrase would be: "You Can't Get Out of There Fast Enough."