Product Details

• Actors: Dave Foley, Patricia Richardson
• Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Mti Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000Z8H15E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,155 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Mti Productions Release Date: 01/15/2008

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars unentertaining, February 9, 2008

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Cougar Fan (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: California Dreaming (DVD)

This movie was so bad that I wanted to go back to the video store and ask for my money back. Then, I wanted to contact the director, producer and writers and tell them that I wanted my money back. And I'd like my money back from the studio, DVD distributor and anyone else who had anything to do with the creation of this movie.

I'm a pretty open-minded and fair person but I had to warn others about the wrath of this movie. Dave Foley is the only thing about this movie that kept me from stopping the DVD after the first 10 minutes.

Lea Thompson's character gets all the lines. Her character is so shallow and annoying you hope this All-American working mom gets ran over by a bus! Or I guess it would be nice if she wasn't allowed to verbally communicate in this movie.

I usually make myself watch an entire movie even if it's horrible but this movie I couldn't finish. And the sad thing is I probably watched half of it and there was no climax... yet... and I could have watched only 30 minutes of it or maybe 60 minutes... I don't know. It's pretty bad when a movie makes you feel suicidal (as in, to end your misery of watching this film) and it's supposed to be a comedy!!!

And if you want to see a funny movie about a family of four traveling West via rental RV and you want to laugh, watch the movie RV with Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines and Jeff Daniels.

I hate to give bad reviews but OH, MY... this movie was the pits!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre but satisfying road-trip comedy, April 29, 2008

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Brendan M. Howard (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: California Dreaming (DVD)

Lea Thompson is over-the-top and fantastic in a role that finds her playing an uptight mother who is at times the underdog and other times the villain. Poor Mrs. Gainor just wants to relive a sort-of mysterious perfect vacation she had in Doheny Beach, California, during her high school years. It slowly becomes evident that nobody but her wants this out-of-the-way vacation. Everyone else would be happier settling for their perpetual crash pad: Branson, Missouri.

Everyone in this ensemble piece--including "Home Improvement" alumna Patricia Richardson as a well-meaning aunt--is adequate. The plot is relatively predictable and the gags are commonplace, but a few funny scenes and an energetic Thompson may win this one a few fans in the audiences of understanding indie film fans.

1.0 out of 5 stars Really bad for the first 60 minutes! Then 21 good minutes., October 6, 2011

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Frank Langben (Stockton CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: California Dreaming (DVD)

* Spoilers*
This is really bad for 60 minutes -- the movie starts out with two minutes of opening credits, RV cruising the expressway, which has very little to do with the plot.
First scene is Dave and Lea buying an RV to take one trip to California -- it looks like Dave is making the decisions but that doesn't last beyond this scene. The next 58 minutes is characters cast way beyond stereotypes -- the clueless controlling mom, the dad without a voice, the clueless teenage daughter who thinks it's OK to hide her boyfriend in the bathroom of the RV for a cross-country trip, the daughter's boyfriend's gun-totin' hillbilly family, the husband's sister -- an attorney! -- who comes out with lines like "No one from Omaha goes to California" -- and the mom decides to steal her sister-in-law's dog until her sister-in-law apologizes.
It's kind of like "The Stupids" -- although "The Stupids" built upon that theme of cluelessness and were actually likable. NO ONE in this movie is appealing for the first hour -- and that is VERY surprising for a movie with a cast with huge potential, including the wonderful Patricia Richardson! The last 21 minutes, it's worth watching.
But what in the world was going on for the writer and director to put together 60 minutes of nothing worth watching?