RV Page #7

Synopsis: The executive Bob Munro is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory hired the Stanford's geek Laird to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro, his teenage daughter Cassie Munro and his young son Carl Munro to spend vacations in Hawaii, but Todd demands him to prepare a presentation and attend a business meeting with the owners of a family company in a merging operation scheduled in the same period. Bob hides the truth to his family, rents a recreational vehicle and tries to convince his dysfunctional family that a road trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains would be good to bring old values back to their family. After many incidents and while in the trailers parking area, the rookie Bob is helped by the bizarre but friendly Gornicke family. They escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bonds.
Director(s): Barry Sonnenfeld
Production: Columbia Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG
Year:
2006
99 min
$71,402,035
Website
2,911 Views


from the doctor's office. "

Until you don't remember what

brought you together in the first place.

You know what I mean?

No, I don't. I - No.

No.

Okay.

Anyway, in the last few days,

i caught a glimpse of the old us.

And I was happy.

I better get directions...

...so I can take you folks

where you need to be.

Oh, really?

Jamie!

Cassie! Carl!

Come on, let's hit the road, Jamie.

Okay.

Oh, God.

- Ladies first.

- Oh, boy, that's working it.

Stop!

Oh, Munro!

The hike was so intense...

...there was a few parts where

I had to carry my mom and sister.

I think I might have pulled a muscle.

- Where?

- In the woods.

Travis!

Jamie.

Bob?

Are you an idiot? Do you want

your children to see their father...

...bouncing down the highway?

Why are you with

the Partridge Family?

- What are you doing on the bus?

- Because I was chasing you.

You win. I blew off my job because

I can't live without you. You happy?

I never asked you to blow off your job.

I wanted you to be honest with me.

Honest. Like, "Todd's gonna fire me

if I go to Boulder" honest?

- "Screw Hawaii" honest?

- Oh, I see.

You think that if you told me

you were in trouble...

...and your job was in jeopardy,

that I'd give you a hard time about it?

No crying, that's cheating.

Do you think I'm some horrible witch

that doesn't care? I do care!

I care a lot.

In fact, I hate you. Jerk.

I didn't want you to know

I was in trouble.

You and Cassie and Carl,

you mean everything to me.

What you think about me is the

most important thing in the world.

I didn't want to fail.

If you don't know how I feel about you

after 19 years of marriage...

...then I must be a failure as a wife.

Then you admit you're the problem.

Bob.

You mean more to me

than just a paycheck.

That's good, because we won't be

getting one for a while.

I missed that meeting.

No, you didn't.

Come on, Bob. Come here.

It's a Christmas miracle.

No, it just sounded like this was

where your wife needed to be.

So I brought her.

Travis has never been one

to mind his own business.

Travis...

...some of my behavior on this trip

might be misconstrued as an insult.

Did come off a tad abrasive.

I was wrong, and it takes

a small man to admit it.

And you're a big man.

- I don't just mean -

- I understand a metaphor, Bob.

See, I went to Stanford.

You big lug, I love you!

Who loves his big lug?

- I love you, you big -

- I know, I -

- Todd.

- Little dramatic, don't you think, Bob?

Showing up at

the last possible minute.

You look horrible. Let's go.

Dad.

- I'm sorry.

- Sorry?

I guess you're under a lot of pressure

and I could have been less trouble.

And in your own nerdy way

you're kind of cool.

- Bob?

- Yeah?

I'm hating this.

- Dad.

- Yeah?

- I get it.

- What?

Sometimes if you wanna succeed,

you have to do what they tell you.

- You -

- Bob!

This is the big one, Bobcat.

- Bases loaded.

- Got it.

You hit a grand slam on this,

it's big raise, promotion, bonus...

...and I personally push Laird

down a flight of stairs.

Everybody, this is Bob.

Remember, charming and funny.

Hi, everybody. Sorry I'm late...

...I just came down that mountain,

and next time I'll use a road.

I guess you guys didn't get the memo

about extreme casual.

I love your wilderness so much,

i decided to wear it.

Easy, Todd.

It's been kind of a wild journey

getting here.

If you ever wanna really find out

about yourself...

...put your family in an RV and drive.

I've seen some amazing stuff.

I've fought wild raccoons and won.

I've been in the desert to a place...

...where it's not the end of the world,

but you can see it from there.

And I met this weird family.

I mean, boy, they were strange.

You know, whenever a big white man

picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.

In the dictionary, under "hootenanny,"

it says, "See:
them. "

But you know

what's strange about them.

They're just honest, good people, and

it's an honor to have them as friends.

Garry, Larry...

...this is a nice company

you have here. It's your baby.

I bet at the birth of your baby

you were kind of scared, right?

Excited, but scared. You didn't

know how it was gonna turn out.

And next thing you know,

it's up and walking...

...and you're trying to raise it. You

didn't know what you were doing...

...but you pretended like you did.

And next thing you know,

your baby's grown.

It's bigger, older. More complicated.

Difficult to deal with.

But here's the deal...

...you care about it just as much,

because you nurtured it...

...and part of you is in it,

and you're proud of it.

You love it more than ever.

And right now,

you have to make a decision...

...of whether you wanna merge

your family with the Pure Vibe family.

Your stocks are gonna split.

You're gonna have money...

...you won't know what to do with.

And your company's gonna grow.

You'll be bigger than a woman

in bicycle shorts at Disneyland.

You'll be able to get all that stuff,

like the ski boat, a $4000 bike...

...maybe even a Barcalounger...

...that massages your ass

and blows smoke at the same time.

Bottom line here, Garry, Larry.

If you wanna merge

Alpine and Pure Vibe...

...i promise you, you're making

the worst decision of your entire life.

This guy is a disgruntled employee.

Couldn't keep up with younger talent.

Look at him. He's off his meds.

Finished. His own daughter

assaulted me in my home.

I did not. It was my friend,

and she did it because Pure Vibe...

...has one of the worst

environmental records in the industry.

Why are these kids here?

Plus, last year you guys outsourced

for cheaper labor to other countries -

Let her go, Todd.

I'll let her go. I'll let you go.

You're fired.

Yo, dog.

- Carl.

- My hero.

Todd, I quit.

Honey,

there seems to be snow on the ground.

Babe, it's left over from last winter.

At 9500 feet...

...it doesn't melt. It's glacial.

- We don't have chains.

- Don't need them.

They're for the winter, not July.

Well, I see snow.

Hey, Dad, are we poor?

Carl, there's a lot of ways

to measure a family's wealth.

- I think love -

- I was talking about money.

- We're dirt poor.

- Sell the house.

We could all live

in the Big Rolling Turd.

We'll spend every minute together,

just like the Gornickes.

- That just sounds fantastic.

- Oh, yeah.

- Chains. Four - Wheel drive.

- Thanks.

Officer, good day. I know what you're

gonna say:
"Where are your chains?"

Well, sir, this is no ordinary RV.

It's part ATV, part SUV,

and certified by the DMV.

It's got positraction, Dynaflow,

control traction with me in control.

It's got heated rims.

Wish I had those.

Okay.

License and registration, sir.

Oh, there it is.

I believe that was

the rental agreement.

We had a little bit

of a mishap at the lake.

I lost my wallet.

My name is Bob Munro.

We got him.

We're just ahead of you.

Got me?

Officer, I know she may look unsafe,

but she's tough.

She likes to be rode hard

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Geoff Rodkey

Geoff Rodkey is an American screenwriter and children's book writer. His most recent book series, The Tapper Twins, began publication in 2015 with The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other). Prior to that, he wrote The Chronicles of Egg, a comedy/adventure series for middle grade readers. His film work includes the Daddy Day Care films, RV, and The Shaggy Dog (2006). He received an Emmy nomination for his contributions to the Politically Incorrect broadcasts from the 1996 Democratic and Republican conventions on Comedy Central. His most recent work is The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age. more…

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