RV
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 28, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostKyle Smith
RV stands for "Retread of 'Vacation,'" or possibly "Robin's Vehicle," but to me it's funnier than "National Lampoon's Vacation." I always found Chevy Chase's road trip more unpleasant than outrageous, but RV has laughs spilling out of its overhead bins. Read full review
67
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
What makes RV work are some genuinely funny bits (one of which is not an overlong sequence in which Bob has trouble emptying the R.V.'s toilet) that should ring especially true to any parent forced to cajole a recalcitrant child into having a good time. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Robin Williams is such a great comic virtuoso that it can almost hurt to see him straining to pump life into a conventional, uninspired, sometimes-goofy big-studio comedy such as RV. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The funny thing about RV - no, it's not the jokes, which mostly bomb - is that the characters are actually pretty likable. It's an odd achievement for a road-trip comedy that wants desperately to be loved for its potty jokes, not its humanity. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
With the exception of one long improv riff on a campground basketball court, Williams nicely underplays his role. Unfortunately, Sonnenfeld also underplays his. We should expect more of him. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWinda Benedetti
A family-friendly comedy with some gut-shaking chuckles and a heartwarming message. Sadly, it's also a fine example of what happens when talented people settle for utter mediocrity. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin Chang
RV works up an ingratiating sweetness that partially compensates for its blunt predictability and meager laughs. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Once you get past the lengthy, graphic geyser-of-liquid-excrement gag, it's not as irredeemably vulgar as it might have been. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There is nothing I much disliked but little to really recommend. At least the movie was not nonstop slapstick, and there were a few moments of relative gravity, in which Robin Williams demonstrated once again that he's more effective on the screen when he's serious than when he's trying to be funny. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJordan Harper
The result is a workmanlike family comedy with enough pratfalls and poo jokes for tykes and enough sentimentality for parents. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
As Williams ricochets between playing submissive soft-drink executive tethered to the whims of a hysterical boss and pathetic dad at the wheel, trying to cajole his family into vacation satisfaction, we can be excused for getting carsick. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The biggest disappointment is the rigorously rote nature of the characters and story line in Geoff Rodkey's script Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This miserable comedy is enlivened occasionally by Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth as a cheerfully tacky couple who keep crossing paths with the dysfunctional clan. Read full review
40
EmpireAngie Errigo
Williams' virtuoso hijinking and Daniels' Huggy Bearish bonhomie save this from complete ignominy, but we’ve seen it all before. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
RV has teeth -- more teeth than the last few Steve Martin films, anyway -- but it's terrified to bite down, knowing that the paying audience would feel it more than anyone. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
In RV, the downwardly spiraling career trajectories of Robin Williams and director Barry Sonnenfeld intertwine like the ropes of a tangled parachute, and all the helpless viewer can do is look on aghast as the whole abortive fiasco plummets toward Earth. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Why did director Barry Sonnenfeld take on this project? Just to sully a fine comedic resume that includes "The Addams Family" and "Get Shorty"? And one last one: Which one of these levers do you push to send the RV careering off the mountain for good? Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The bedraggled movie limps along to its phony hogwash of an ending, adding the ignominy of sentimentality to its previous sin of being so derivative. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Nowadays no family movie is complete without a values-oriented agenda and a bountiful supply of fecal matter, and RV supplies both. Read full review
30
SlateGrady Hendrix
RV is another disturbing entry in the dark cycle of movies that began for Robin Williams with "One Hour Photo" and "Insomnia" and has continued with "The Night Listener." I look forward with queasy dread to what he'll do in "Mrs. Doubtfire 2." Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Apart from a funny turn by "Arrested Development's" Will Arnett as Williams' evil boss, nobody appears to be having a good time. And the feeling is infectious. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Unfunny, sappy and massively predictable. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
On those rare occasions when RV stumbles across a comedic moment that is legitimately funny, it drains the humor out of it by milking it dry. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
I would have told you that its title refers to recreational vehicle. Having seen it, I now know the initials stand for reeking vulgarity. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
RV is a horrible movie about horrible people, and just because they call it a comedy doesn't mean we have to play along. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Yes, Virginia, there is a poop fairy, which is why studio heads persist in tucking the likes of RV under their pillows, confident they'll awaken Monday morning to find all that brown turned straight to green. Read full review
20
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
The recreational vehicle has a long and storied tradition in American cinema, from "Damnation Alley" to "Lost in America" to "Stripes." Sadly, RV shares little of its namesake' nationwide appeal. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Isn't it time to put Robin Williams out to pasture? There's precious little mirth to be had via RV after the comically nasty opening set-up. Read full review
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