Verdict
Summary
The movie is only sporadically funny (the farting bedmate scene made me laugh), and the film seems to exist purely in a fantasy realm, but that’s just where the movie’s soft core is at. If you’re a fan of Schneider’s, the film might be fun, but anyone else will likely be bored or exasperated at its paltry sense of humor.
Plot:
A down on his luck inventor takes his daughter on a spring break trip that starts out terribly, but ends up wonderfully.
Review:
Larry Bublé (Rob Schneider who also directs) plays the sort of character we just don’t see in goofy comedies anymore: A down on his luck inventor whose inventions include a spoon with a fan on it so that no one gets a too-hot-to-eat spoonful of soup. This guy is basically a joke to anyone who meets him, and his wife (played by Jackie Sandler) bags groceries, which isn’t enough to pay the rent, and so Larry does the Doordash thing and Lyft, but he’s terrible at doing those too. His poor daughter Meara (Miranda Schneider) is the laughing stock at school, and so Larry’s Hail Mary is to pull out all the stops to deliver the best spring break trip he can drum up, but in order to make a quick buck he donates blood way too many times at $40 a pop, giving himself enough pocket change to at least fill his gas tank so that they’ll have a start. Their trip goes sideways right away, and he cheapskates his way into a resort swimming pool where he and Meara meet another couple with a child who all happen to be reviewers of great vacations for a magazine. By some miracle Larry ingratiates himself into their good graces and they take him and Meara along with them on their incredible vacation, going to a bear reserve, zipling, eating at great restaurants, and other adventures they otherwise wouldn’t be able to do, but along the way Larry has several teeth knocked out, his thumb is sliced off, and he gets a concussion, but it’s all in the name of providing his daughter with the spring break vacation of her life.
Made with good intentions and a sweet heart, Daddy Daughter Trip is a PG-rated family film from star Schneider, whose raunchy sensibilities have cooled off in lieu of trying to make this a family affair, considering that his daughter is his co-star and his friend Jackie Sandler (Adam’s wife) has a significant supporting role. The movie is only sporadically funny (the farting bedmate scene made me laugh), and the film seems to exist purely in a fantasy realm, but that’s just where the movie’s soft core is at. If you’re a fan of Schneider’s, the film might be fun, but anyone else will likely be bored or exasperated at its paltry sense of humor.
Mill Creek has just released Daddy Daughter Trip onto DVD, and it comes with bonus / deleted scenes, bloopers, an interview with Schneider, a music video, and the trailer.
