After serving time in prison "Ray Bradstone" (Paul Levesque) is finally released and returns to his home only to find that his ex-wife "Lynne" (Annabeth Gish) and his young, teenage daughter "Sally" (Ariel Winter) have started a new life on their own and want nothing to do with him. To make matters even worse, he finds extreme difficulty finding a job and as a result reluctantly teams up with some of his former colleagues who are planning a bank heist and want him to be wheel man. Right before that, however, he learns that Sally is going on a field trip to New Orleans and the teacher in charge named "Miss Miller" desperately needs a chaperone to help her out. Being terribly conflicted and confused he decides to join the school field trip at the last minute. The problem is that his decision is at the exact same time the bank robbery is in progress. Not only that, but as the school bus leaves the burglars all believe that Ray has double-crossed them and has absconded with their stolen loot. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay family-comedy which suffered from a predictable plot and a rather weak script. Fortunately, both Paul Levesque and Annabeth Gish turned in solid performances and because of that I have rated this film accordingly. Average.
Review of The Chaperone
