College Road Trip
College Road Trip is a 2008 family comedy film about Melanie, a college-bound teen, who goes on a road trip to interview at her dream university. The trip turns chaotic when her overprotective police chief father insists on joining her, leading to a series of comedic misadventures as he learns to let her grow up.
- Directed by Roger Kumble. Written by Emi Mochizuki, Carrie Evans, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
Dialogue
[edit]- James: OK. Life lesson. A lot of people think the moment a parent lets go of their child is at the wedding. Not me. Think he's crying because he's giving away his daughter? Uh-uh. It's because she's marrying this guy. Truth is, he said goodbye years ago, the day she left home. The trouble starts here. College application season. With over 4,000 colleges in the US, I developed five reasons for choosing the perfect one for my little girl. Academics, distance from home, campus safety, distance from home, and last but not least, distance from home. Which led us to the best choice. Northwestern. Forty miles from our house. Safe, great education. I can get there in 28 minutes, clocked. Now, you can never start a plan too early. I'm James Porter, Police Chief, husband, dad and the best part of my plan? When Melanie finished high school, she'd be going to Northwestern.
- [first lines is the voice over]
- Trey: You know, Sigmund Freud said the best way to understand women is by listening to them.
- James: Yeah, but did he say anything about understanding ten-year-olds?
Cast
[edit]- Martin Lawrence as Chief James Porter
- Raven-Symoné as Melanie Porter
- Donny Osmond as Doug Greenhut
- Brenda Song as Nancy Carter
- Will Sasso as Deputy O'Mally
- Eshaya Draper as Trey Porter
- Kym E. Whitley as Michelle Porter
- Arnetia Walker as Grandma Porter
- Margo Harshman as Katie
- Josh Meyers
- Michael Landes as Donny
- Lucas Grabeel as Scooter
