An average movie

By now, I have seen most of the movies directed by John Hughes (I’m still missing ‘Sixteen Candles’ and ‘She's Having a Baby’) but except for ‘The Breakfast Club’ which really deserves its stellar reputation, I can’t say I was really impressed by his work and this movie was not an exception. Indeed, I didn't think it was that great. I mean, sure, it was not bad either but that's about it. I guess I'm not a big fan of neither John Hughes or John Candy so I may miss the great qualities of this feature. At the time, after pretty much ruling the 80’s with his teenage comedies, John Hughes was starting to losing his touch and he would direct only one other feature (the even more underwhelming ‘Curly Sue’). Eventually, this movie would be mostly remembered as the introduction of the famous Macauley Culkin to the mainstream audience. Eventually, John Hugues must have been impressed somehow by the little fellow and he would cast him a year later for ‘Home Alone’ which would turn out to be a huge box-office success. To conclude, even though I wasn’t really blown away by this flick, I have to admit that it was still a decent comedy and it is definitely worth a look though, especially if you like such comedies from the 80's.

6/10