Summaries

When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father decides to accompany her to keep her on the straight and narrow.

Melanie Porter (Raven-Symone)is a talented high school graduate who has selected a University 800 miles from home. Her over protective father, James (Martin Lawrence) doesn't want her to be so far away, so he cooks up a plot to try to convince her to go to a local University. On the guise of going to her selected university, he forces a visit to his preferred (close to home) school. This is a typical road trip movie with lost cars, bumming rides on buses and planes, covering that difficult time of life when a father loses control of his daughter.—D.B.

Details

Keywords
  • slimehouse
  • satire comedy
  • road trip comedy
  • road trip adventure
  • college entrance
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Family
Release date Mar 6, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) G
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Production companies Walt Disney Pictures Gunn Films

Box office

Gross US & Canada $45610425
Opening weekend US & Canada $13601419
Gross worldwide $51549674

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 23m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young womans life ... unless your overprotective father isnt quite ready to let you go. In this family comedy, Melanie (Raven-Symoné) is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a girls only road trip to check out prospective universities. But when her overbearing police chief father (Martin Lawrence) insists on escorting her instead, she soon finds her dream trip has turned into a nightmare adventure full of comical misfortune and turmoil.

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