Variety
Man versus technology has been one of the staples of screen comedy since the earliest silent days, and Hughes makes the most of the format here.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Neal Page (Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) is trying to get home for Thanksgiving. When a blizzard and a series of unfortunate events land him with the obnoxious Del Griffith (John Candy, Uncle Buck) as a travelling companion, things go from bad to worse.
198793 minsUSA
ComedyKids & Family
- Director:
- John Hughes ('16 Candles', 'Breakfast Club')
- Writer:
- John Hughes
- Cast:
- Steve MartinJohn CandyLaila RobinsMichael McKeanKevin BaconDylan BakerOlivia Burnette
Planes, Trains and Automobiles / Reviews
The New York Times
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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The movies that last, the ones we return to, don't always have lofty themes or Byzantine complexities. Sometimes they last because they are arrows straight to the heart.
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Empire Magazine
A warm, mature offering from Hughes, with Martin's restraint a perfect counterpoint to Candy's enormous (and enormously amusing) fooling around.
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