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Very well done, acting is top notch. Robin Williams premise is reworked a bit as there is no RV only an SUV, but the rest is the same. It's a nice family show however, and his antagonist is wonderfully annoying. The pit falls, too much luggage, bathroom breaks, aggravating siblings, and road hazards are hilarious and well timed. We've all been there! Will he make it to the meeting with a great pitch or be left without a job? His family is unaware of the real reason their plans have been changed from Zanzibar to Durban and he tries to keep everyone in the dark about it. Will his family finally call him Baba instead of by his first name of Joseph? Will they rally around him in the end to provide the support he needs to make his pitch successful? Watch and find out! Enjoy the journey as much as we did!

Keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout, amazing acting and very realistic. It's frustrating to watch the police miss chances and allow a killer and abuser to go on bail for the holidays! What were they thinking?! Plus give virtually no support to the victim and force her to remain for the holidays "in case she's needed"... what?! He can go, she can not. The only nibble I have is when she gets the news and calls her brother in Texas and says "Happy Christmas". No one, I repeat, NO ONE in Texas says "Happy Christmas". Ever. It's Merry Christmas in the States at this time. Somehow it really bugs me. Get it together man!

What a ride!

The insanity these characters go through is amazing! It's funny and sweet and horrible and bizarre all at the same time! They are well and truely backed into a corner. There is no coming out of this unscathed. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE is compromised in some way. The vicar and his wife SEE the hilarity of their impossible situation. They have a quiet laugh about it...but it's all real...and it's NOT funny. It's actually a touching scene, showing who they really are, beneath what they've become.

I have to admit, I totally understand where our maths tutor is coming from, but she isn't very likable. Of course she isn't! She's locked in a BASEMENT and chained to a pipe!! I can see her trying to stay alive. She knows what's involved, she knows what they're feeling, she also knows she has to do everything in her power to stay alive...wouldn't you?

I don't know how to root for everyone...the vicar, his wife, their son, the maths teacher, the somehow lovable mass murderer with the photographic memory...the only one you don't feel sympathy for is the journalist...she seems so opportunistic somehow. Willing to sell out her "friend" for a chance at an interview with a man who killed his wife. A genius, no less.

Its a lot, but it's worth it.