# RV (film)
**RV** is a 2006 American family road-trip comedy directed by [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://www.edgepedia.org/barry-sonnenfeld), written by Geoff Rodkey, and starring [Robin Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/robin-williams) as Bob Munro, an overworked executive who rents a motor home and takes his reluctant family on a cross-country trip to the [Colorado Rockies](https://www.edgepedia.org/colorado-rockies) while concealing a business motive for the journey.[1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv) • [2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv) Columbia Pictures released it wide on April 28, 2006, rated PG for crude humor, innuendo and language.[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | April 28, 2006 (wide, Sony Pictures); DVD August 15, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) |
| Director / writer | Barry Sonnenfeld; screenplay by Geoff Rodkey[1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv) |
| Principal cast | Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089) |
| Box office | $71,724,497 domestic, $15,748,527 international, $87,473,024 worldwide; opening weekend $16,414,767 at 3,639 theaters, ranked No. 1[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) |
| Budget | $50,000,000 per Box Office Mojo; $55,000,000 per The Numbers[5](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0449089/similar/) • [3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) |
| Critical reception | Rotten Tomatoes 23% Tomatometer (121 reviews), 46% Popcornmeter; Metacritic metascore 33 (28 reviews); IMDb 5.6/10 from about 68,000 votes[1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/criticreviews/) |
| Rating / runtime | PG (crude humor, innuendo and language); 98 minutes[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Bob Munro, an executive whose family communicates mainly by instant message, persuades his wife Jamie ([Cheryl Hines](https://www.edgepedia.org/cheryl-hines)) and children Cassie (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) and Carl ([Josh Hutcherson](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-hutcherson)) to give up a planned Hawaiian vacation for what he presents as family bonding in a rented recreational vehicle.[2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv) • [1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv) The trip is in part a ruse: Bob is steering the vacation around a career-oriented commitment in Colorado.[2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv) On the road the family contends with mechanical failures, including a malfunctioning septic system that erupts over Bob, and repeated encounters with an overly friendly troupe of full-time RVers, the Gornicke family, headed by Travis ([Jeff Daniels](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeff-daniels)) and Mary Jo (Kristin Chenoweth).[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/rv) • [2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv) Through the misadventures Bob comes to recognize what his family means to him.[2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv)
## Production
Filming ran from May 2 to August 12, 2005, at Lions Gate Studios and Richmond in [British Columbia](https://www.edgepedia.org/british-columbia), Lethbridge and Rainier in Alberta, and Los Angeles.[8](https://robin-williams.net/rv.php) In January 2006 the crew reshot the ending in Toronto, where Williams was working on another film; the singing sequence had been the original ending, and Sonnenfeld assembled the family for a new final scene.[8](https://robin-williams.net/rv.php) Production companies included Red Wagon Productions, with producers Bobby Cohen, Lucy Fisher, and Douglas Wick.[1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv)
## Box office
The film opened at No. 1 on the weekend of April 28, 2006, grossing an estimated $16.4 million from more than 3,600 theaters, ahead of the debuts of *United 93* ($11.6 million) and *Stick It* (about $11.2 to $11.3 million).[9](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/williams-rv-finishes-first-at-the-box-office-race/) • [10](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rv-tops-united-93-at-box-office/) It ran 6.5 weeks on average per theater, with a maximum of 3,651 theaters in its second weekend, and finished with a domestic total of $71.7 million, an 82.0 percent domestic share of its $87.5 million worldwide gross.[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) Estimated DVD sales added $32,395,808.[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) The two box-office databases differ on the production budget, with [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) listing $50,000,000 and The Numbers listing $55,000,000; on either figure the worldwide gross was about 1.6 times the production budget.[5](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0449089/similar/) • [3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V)
## Reception
Critics received the film poorly. Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus calls it "an unoriginal and only occasionally funny family road-trip movie" that "not even the charisma of Robin Williams can save," and the Tomatometer stood at 23 percent from 121 reviews, against a 46 percent audience Popcornmeter from more than 250,000 ratings.[1](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv) Metacritic recorded a metascore of 33 from 28 reviews.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/criticreviews/) Reviewers repeatedly faulted the script's familiar premise: Kirk Honeycutt of *The Hollywood Reporter* cited "the rigorously rote nature of the characters and story line in Geoff Rodkey's script," and Claudia Puig of *USA Today* called the film "unfunny, sappy and massively predictable."[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/criticreviews/) Kevin Crust of the *Los Angeles Times* wrote that the movie "limps along to its phony hogwash of an ending, adding the ignominy of sentimentality to its previous sin of being so derivative."[11](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-28-et-rv28-story.html) Time Out's Trevor Johnston judged it "not unbearably terrible, just thoroughly mediocre," while crediting "the truly heroic Jeff Daniels" as the cheery Gornicke patriarch.[12](https://www.timeout.com/movies/rv) Audience scores were warmer than the critics' but still middling: IMDb users gave 5.6/10 from about 68,000 votes, and Cinegraph classified the film as a "Polarizer" with audience and critics divided.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089) • [13](https://cinegraph.org/movies/rv-2006)
**Content and audience.** The film is rated PG for crude humor, innuendo and language, and reviewers for parents flagged the septic-tank gag, the father's lie about the purpose of the trip, and sarcastic family behavior as the main concerns, recommending it for ages 12 and up.[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) • [7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/rv) The Kids-In-Mind content review counted 12 scatological terms, 7 mild obscenities, and a scene in which the RV rolls into a lake, and summarized the film's message as "family should come before work."[14](https://kids-in-mind.com/r/rv.htm) A *Christianity Today* review noted that the film's messages about prejudice, respect for others, and putting family first compete with what one commentator called its "bathroom humor, innuendo and profanity."[15](https://www.christianitytoday.com/2006/04/rv/)
## Home media
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on August 15, 2006, with five featurettes, a director's commentary, a gag reel, and storyboard-to-film comparisons; the featurettes included "The Scoop on Poop" and "RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors."[3](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V) • [16](https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/this-week-s-hot-video-rv-1211623.php) • [8](https://robin-williams.net/rv.php) The film later became available on digital platforms including Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango.[2](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv)
## References
1. [RV, Rotten Tomatoes](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/rv)
2. [RV, Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/rv)
3. [R.V. (2006), Box Office and Financial Information, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/R-V)
4. [RV (2006), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089)
5. [RV (2006), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0449089/similar/)
6. [RV (2006), Metacritic reviews, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/criticreviews/)
7. [RV, Parents' Guide and Movie Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/rv)
8. [RV (2006): Bob Munro, Robin Williams Fan Site](https://robin-williams.net/rv.php)
9. [Williams' "RV" Finishes First at the Box Office Race, Rotten Tomatoes editorial](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/williams-rv-finishes-first-at-the-box-office-race/)
10. ['RV' Tops 'United 93' At Box Office, CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rv-tops-united-93-at-box-office/)
11. ["RV" comedy won't make for many happy campers, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-28-et-rv28-story.html)
12. [RV 2006, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, Time Out film review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/rv)
13. [RV, Cinegraph](https://cinegraph.org/movies/rv-2006)
14. [RV [2006] [PG], Kids-In-Mind.com](https://kids-in-mind.com/r/rv.htm)
15. [RV, Christianity Today](https://www.christianitytoday.com/2006/04/rv/)
16. [This Week's Hot Video: 'RV', Seattle Post-Intelligencer](https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/this-week-s-hot-video-rv-1211623.php)
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