Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

6.7	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Comedy (18), Road Trip (8), Family (6), Thanksgiving (5), 1980s (5), Adventure (4), On The Road (3), Odd Couple (3), 1987 (3), Candy As The Devil (3), Slapstick (3), Great Comedy (3), Travelling (3), Buddies (3), Quotable (3), John Candy (3), Surprise Ending (2), Light (2), Best Road Movie To Date (2), (2)

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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 fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (John Candy), a shower- ... (more)

Directed by

John Hughes

Starring (View all) :

Neal Page

Del Griffith

Susan Page

State Trooper

Taxi Racer

Owen

Joy

Marti

Peg

Second Motel Clerk

Written by (View all) :

John Hughes

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Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Aug 31 9:12

I never actually appreciated this film until I was a teenager. I can't remember why but I didn't hold it in high regard until I was about 14 when I watched the most ancient of VHS's. Its Thanksgiving and Neal Page (Steve Martin) an uptight, judgemental advertising exec needs to get home cross country to his family. He manages to hit a low on luck and every attempt to get home is foiled. The situation is made even worse when he keeps running into his binary opposite, Del Griffith (John Candy). A slobbish, blabber mouth salesman who can't do anything to stay in Neal's good books. "I can no longer look at John Candy without imagining him as the Devil." is a common quote I hear after watching this film with a new or old viewer. Probably the most iconic scene of the film. After a few mish...Read more

Rating : 9/10

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