If you can get past all the slapstick, there are some pretty good zingers in this Robin Williams flick. If you can possibly wreck yourself more or go to greater lengths than he does to keep your family from thinking you’re a bumbling fool, I’d like to see you try. With that element of physical comedy comes all the far-fetched and outlandish situations that could only happen in a movie to make a road trip as frustrating and dangerous as possible. Jeff Daniels also does a great job as a member of the supporting cast, and overall I’d have to say the film bested the low expectations I had going in. I think it’s a tough thing to do these days to have a movie rated PG be interesting enough for an adult audience but still entertaining for kids, and I think this one does a good job of pulling that off. It’s no blockbuster, but it does get 3-and-a-half flame points on our scale.

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 11th, 2007 at 7:16 am and is filed under R.