So I was bored, this was on cable, I wasn't expecting much ...
It worked.
Robin Williams plays a harried business exec preparing to take his spoiled family on vacation to Hawaii. But his vindictive, germaphobic boss tells him he's got to make a big sales pitch in Colorado or lose his job.
What to do? Since Williams' character appears to be incapable of telling his family the truth, he rents a big-ass RV and takes the crew on a series of wacky adventures.
It's cute. And it's pretty darn amusing. But the main family ... it's another one of those families you see in movies that has *absolutely* no grip on reality. At least no reality I've ever seen before.
Because the mom (Cheryl Hinds) is completely wrapped up in her upper class, cushy lifestyle, even as she berates her husband for working too much. The kids are stereotypes, albeit amusing ones.
I have a feeling that in real life I would *despise* these people. On TV, they're tolerable.
It's Williams never-ending ability to make a fool of himself is worth your time, along with some supporting performances that go for the fences. The bizarre, country/western Von Trapp style family they meet along the way *make* the movie.
National Lampoon's Vacation is the better movie, but if that's not on, RV might be worth watching.
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