The film does have its scattered moments. But too often, the audience has as much reason as Del and Neal do to wonder where, if anywhere, they are going.
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05/20/03
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:40
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean
Director: John Hughes
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Reviews for Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Top CriticNo review available.
06/26/05
This slapstick comedy -- with Steve Martin playing the fussy straight man -- should never have worked, but it does, and well enough to earn a place as a holiday classic.
11/17/06
Producer-director-writer Hughes infuses his film with an appealing sense of sentiment and humanity -- not to mention many hilarious scenes.
11/21/08
A near-perfect comedy, featuring director John Hughes at the top of his over-sentimental game.
02/25/03
What distinguishes this film from others in the genre is the undercurrent of melancholy between the laughs.
11/09/09
No review available.
12/18/03
One of the few truly funny things that both Martin and Candy did.
03/19/03
Hughes has written and directed (he also produced) a perfectly balanced comedy that squeezes every last laugh out of a concept so simple you wouldn't think it could possibly succeed.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/24/05
There's plenty of big laughs in this odd-couple comedy, but the main characters are also given a number of human moments, which leads to an ending that's downright poignant.
02/20/06
No review available.
03/09/08
It's a great comedy, and a deeply touching one, too.
06/11/02
Essentially, it's the stars' keenly observed nuances of character that make this comedy amiable enough.
02/09/06
The script and direction by Hughes ... amount to wobbly passes that Martin and Candy turn into touchdowns anyway.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
05/18/05
Will resonate with anyone who has been frustrated by the inconveniences of travel.
08/28/04
A riotously springy holiday knockabout.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a fine cinematic treat that doesn't demand much from a viewer, but gives back a lot, both in terms of laughter and good feeling.
01/01/00
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