Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 35 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
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 La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean, William Windom
Director: John Hughes
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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
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
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02/09/06
Will resonate with anyone who has been frustrated by the inconveniences of travel.
08/28/04
Planes, Trains and Automobiles showed that Hughes wasn't in fact some man-child searching for the reasons for his adulthood discontentment.
08/07/03
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05/20/03
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