High School Senior year seemed like a lot of fun in this movie. But if college were this much fun, we would have a lot more kids attending that the school would need to expand each year. This movie serves to inform youngsters that college is the only normal thing to do after high school, and that parents who are a police chief in a Chicago suburb and a real estate agent particularly can easily afford to send their pride and joy to an out of town institution with the option to attend a semester in another country. Martin Lawrence is in a way Eddie Murphy like.

In this movie Raven Symone plays an overachieving high school student Melanie Porter who lives in “Fox Springs,” obviously a Chicago suburb. Raven is a high school senior who has been accepted into Northwestern University. But she really wants to go to Georgetown because it is better suited to her academic needs. She is eagerly looking forward to her first big step towards independence when she plans a College Road Trip to check out universities and colleges with a few friends. This trip is a girl’s only trip. Her dad hopes that she will go to college at nearby Northwestern. She has her eye on far away Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Raven’s overprotective police chief cop father (Martin Lawrence) also decides to accompany her in a SUV in order to keep her on the straight and narrow. Melanie’s father isn’t comfortable with the outlook of his princess hitting the road without an adult chaperone. Choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time of a young woman’s life. Unless your overprotective father is not ready to let you go. This is the heart and meaning of it all.

Raven’s dad does not even let her go to sleepover. If he did, he would spy on her. She really wants him to trust her. Raven (Melanie) soon finds her dream College Road Trip has turned into a hilarious nightmare adventure with full of fun and comical misfortune and chaos. A high school student Melanie (Raven Symone) with noble dreams of becoming a public defender sets out to visit potential colleges in the unwanted company of her dad. While her father only has the best intentions, his presence on a road trip was made to mark his little girl’s appearance as a young adult leads to an endless series of comic complications. A major funny segment takes place at a wedding where the cake goes flying with the tent collapsing.

To reach Washington, DC after James’s police car breaks down, they hop a divers’ flight not realizing that they are skydivers. Then, James and his daughter Melanie wear uniforms and take to the air without a plane. Then, on the way they run into Doug (Donny Osmond), who looks so happy, sing songs from shows as does his daughter, Wendy (Molly Ephraim) goes on a v as well. While Melanie’s mom, Michelle (Kym E. Whitley), does not have much to do except to express more trust in her daughter than does James. Two roles are played nicely by Melanie’s bright, science minded kid brother, Trey (Eshaya Draper) and by the family pet Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, Albert that does cart wheels and plays chess. It is so funny.

Overall, I or anyone can definitely connect with the film because of preparation for going to college and all the obstacles that might come along with it. College Road Trip can teach us life lessons like responsibility, respect, and be in good spirit. This Walt Disney film most of the parts were really funny and enjoyable and the result is that both Martin fans and Disney fans can enjoy as well.