Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- breezy
- warm
- family movie night
- lazy weekend
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an unoriginal, predictable, and only intermittently funny family road comedy, though Robin Williams and its underlying sweetness earned some credit.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Bob's improvised RV vacation produces crashes, camping mishaps, trailer-park embarrassment, and escalating encounters with other travelers.
Bob conceals the canceled Hawaii vacation while his boss pressures him to prepare a business presentation and protect his career.
The Munros' difficult journey gradually revives their neglected family bonds and challenges their assumptions about a successful vacation.
The rented RV becomes the central source of physical comedy, domestic friction, and contact with unfamiliar camping communities.
Films like RV, and why
The Great Outdoors
Shares family road-trip comedy, intergenerational conflict, slapstick mishaps, and a dysfunctional household trying to reconnect.
National Lampoon's Vacation
Combines vacation chaos, parent-child friction, broad physical comedy, and a warm family-reconciliation arc.
Johnson Family Vacation
Features a stressed parent, escalating travel disasters, mismatched families, and accessible feel-good humor.
Movie Details
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Release Date
- 2006-04-28
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (1846)
Cast
- Robin Williams
- Cheryl Hines
- JoJo
- Josh Hutcherson
- Jeff Daniels
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Hunter Parrish
- Chloe Sonnenfeld
- Alex Ferris
- Will Arnett
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is RV about?
- A career-pressured father disguises a canceled Hawaiian vacation as an unruly RV adventure that pushes his disconnected family back together.
- What is RV like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of RV as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is RV violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in RV as mild.
- What did critics think of RV?
- Critics broadly found the film an unoriginal, predictable, and only intermittently funny family road comedy, though Robin Williams and its underlying sweetness earned some credit.
- Which films are like RV?
- Films with a similar feel include The Great Outdoors, National Lampoon's Vacation, and Johnson Family Vacation.
- How long is RV?
- RV runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch RV?
- In United States, RV streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
