When we were young, father was the strongest man in our world. He was omnipotent and reliable that we believed he could fight against the monsters he mentioned in the bedtime stories. Bob Munro also poured all his love to the family as all the other fathers do. But after a man reached middle age, life seems to be tougher than ever, the lovely daughter rarely talks to him, the wife is tired of house work and longs for a family trip and the son keeps fitness plan but never unburdens himself with his father, what’s worth is that his boss is considering replacing him with a Stanford's geek.
How to balance between working well and spending enough time with his families is the thorniest question for a breadwinner to answer. It’s really hard to find a perfect balance point, so some fathers choose to be workaholics supporting the family while being lack of time accompanying wives and children, and some enjoy the joy managing the household as main occupation but still face some traditional stereotypes and even self-accusation. But the amazing Bob miraculously combines the road trip and a business meeting which is crucially related to whether he could continue his career, well he hides the truth to his family.
Bob drives the huge and comical RV on the road during the day, and has to bear the complaints and terrible singing, he repairs the broken van awkwardly when his wife and daughter are resting, and he even has to cook all the meals by himself! When the exhausting day ends, Bob only just begin his work in the narrow washroom. Though the movie is a comedy and many clips seem to be funny, but sometimes I can’t laugh out loud because Bob devotes so much to his family without telling out his troubles and sacrifice, just in the reserved way a man shows his love.
The movie reminds me of an old saying, paternal love is deep and stable, like unshaken mountain. Whenever we need our father, we always find that he is right beside us, full of