Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by Geoff Rodkey

Robin Williams Cheryl Hines JoJo Josh Hutcherson Jeff Daniels Kristin Chenoweth Hunter Parrish Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris

"Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten".

A lot of people forget that Robin Williams got his start doing Improv and stand up comedy in clubs around the country and got his big break in the 1970's with Mork and Mindy. Williams is, in the minds of many people, a comedian and one of the best at what he does.
To many people in the age range of Robin Williams character Bob Munro; they will see that comedy genius that they have missed in a lot of Williams's recent films. Munro plays a business executive who wants to keep in touch with his family.
When his daughter Cassy was only five, he promised they would be friends for life. Now he is no longer cool, and his children think of him more as a loser and walking ATM then anything else. Each day he can feel his family drift further apart and he feels there is nothing he can do about it.
Suddenly one morning, his boss makes him shift his plans for a family vacation to Hawaii because of a business deal that is about to go sour. Munro has to be in Colorado in a few days or else he could lose his job.
One of his co-workers mentions his last vacation in an RV, and that is where the fun begins.

It is great to see Robin Williams back in the comedy seat. Beyond any doubt, he is the star of this film. It is his verve and unending drive to reach something lost in his family arc that makes this film so much fun. Not to mention the various ways in which he keeps screwing up. And lets face it men, almost all the things he does we have done at one time or another. Driven up the road we shouldn't have. Tried to drive something that we didn't really know how. Worked on plumbing we should have just stayed away from. We have all been there.
True, we probably didn't have the same humorous outcome Williams does in his films. At least not to us. The other wonderful and surprising addition in this film was Jeff Daniels as Travis Gornicke. His laid-back smile and easy-going personality mixed well with Williams's often-manic attitudes and actions.
Watching the two of them together usually resulted in everything from a good chuckle to a flat-out laugh. And the family of each man was perfect as well. From the Munro's sometimes stuck-up and stick up their fanny attitudes to the goofy, devil-may-care friendliness of the Gornicke's, each family meshed with each other and worked well with each other.
Travis Gornicke's wife Marie Jo (played by Kristin Chenoweth), was absolutely spot on as the Avon like salesperson who wants to give Jamie Munro a full body makeover and simply does not understand the meaning of the word "No'. But then, neither does the rest of the family.
So, while the three Gornicke kids are being home-schooled (resulting in pitying looks from Jamie Munro) Mom and Dad Gornicke travel around the country in their RV, earning money by turning in Granddad ("In prison, he gets the help he needs," laments Mary Jo) and selling novelty horns and cosmetics.
While Gornicke is the new American version of the Wild West troubadour and rambler, Bob Munro is the modern version of the American professional male.
Afraid to talk to his wife about his problems and terrified to explain about the trip to Hawaii, he convinces them that a few days together on the road will bring them closer. His fear is the same one that almost all middle-aged men worry about today, that of a younger man trying to get his job. And here, his fear is justified in Laird. A much younger man, willing to work harder and cheaper and kiss the bosses fanny to get ahead.
Williams really makes you feel the frustration and anger of Munro as he tries to sort out his job that provides his family with all the physical wealth they want and tries to regain some of the things they lost along the way.
So, take a crazed father, harried mother and two selfish and self absorbed, spoiled children. Stuff them into a rolling house with cramped quarters, toss in a happy-go-lucky family that just want to be friends, add a family of raccoons and watch the fun happen.
This is a true, fun-filled comedy fit for the whole family. Yes there was a small amount of sexual humor, and the word "B(^ch" did occur one time but outside of that there was nothing untoward or out of place.

The film delivers laughter from start to finish and hardly ever slows. Yes, the ending is obvious. You know what is going to happen by the end of the movie, but it is fun to watch it anyway.
RV is a family comedy that falls back on the basics. Simple plot and good cast with a title that is easy to remember. Barry Sonnenfeld directed this one by the book and brought out a perfect summer film for the whole family.
Finally.