RV had potential - Robin Williams and Jeff Daniels alone gave it potential - but the use of the word “turd” - continuously - throughout the movie, rendered it completely inappropriate and unwatchable.

It’s not that we are prudish - and if the word had been used once or twice, it would have been forgiveable - but seriously, the word is the star of the movie. It had more lines than nearly any other character - it upstaged Williams. The movie should have been called “Turd-V” - that’s how many times the word is said in this movie. And that kind of usage says to a child watching it “this word is ok.”

Which it isn’t. Not coming out of the mouth of a child (as it does frequently in the movie).

If you want a very similar “hapless dad takes family across country in an RV” movie, without the turds, try Beethoven’s 3rd instead (although be warned that there is an incident with a tranquilizer dart, some bumbling thieves, and an accidental kidnapping in that movie).

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