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Summary: Planes, Trains & Automobiles - Classic John Hughes
Review: John Hughes, best known for his early to mid eighties "teen comedies" has struck gold with 1987's "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" starring Steve Martin & John Candy. This foray into road movies is often overlooked as being among the decade's best comedies, but not for the reasons that one might think. First, this movie is not beautifully photographed. Next, cheesy late eighties pop tunes fill the soundtrack, and last, there is little that is notable about most of the mise-en-scene. However, a great idea makes a great script, and as a result, Martin & the late Candy pull off a fabulous and witty comic interplay. Most road comedies of this sort lack character depth, reliying merely on sight gags and slapstick humour to entertain the audience. However, although each character conforms to stereotype, the talented actors still make us believe in them, and we cheer them on, hoping that they will get home for the holidays. It is this intelligent writing of the characters that makes the movie good, and it is the actor's terrific interpretations that make it great. It may be ten years old now, but it's definately worth a second look. END
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Summary: "Those Aren't Pillows!!!......"
Review: Where has John Hughes gone?. He always did nice, little movies like this in the eighties, and now he's disappeared. Anyways, this is another classic Hughes tale. It's a great holiday film to be watched every year. Steve Martin stars as a businessman who is trying to get out of New York City to get home in time for Thanksgiving. On his trip home, he meets up with an annoying schlub, played by the very missed John Candy. Needless to say, the trip back home goes horribly wrong and it's these two guys who keep getting hooked back up with each other. Steve can't seem to get rid of him!. At first, Candy's character seems to be obnoxious. As the trip goes on, we see that there's more to him, and that he's just a normal human being like the rest of us. Martin gives one dandy of a comedic performance here. His uptight businessman is pure perfection. His obscenity laced rant at the car rental desk in the airport is a priceless gut buster. A gem. Same goes to Candy. Is there anybody else who can play a sweet, loveable oaf like him?. No, there is not. Like every other John Hughes film, the ending is nice and warm. It's a nice little movie that is slowly getting more recognition. I think it deserves it.
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Summary: This movie has become our Thanksgiving tradition
Review: Every Thanksgiving our family watches P,T,& A. It goes with Thanksgiving just like turkey and the Lions game. Steve and John are great together, and this flick has many memorable scenes that will keep you howling with laughter. There's another side to this movie too, which is typical in a John Hughs comedy. There is a little heartstring tugging here, but not enough to bring the viewer down. When Steve goes back to the airport to see about getting his rental car, you may have to cover the kids ears, other than that, it's a great movie for the family. Watch for the cameo by Kevin Bacon as he races Steve for a New York taxi.
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Summary: a ouching funny film
Review: bassicaly a fat happy go lucky guy john candy gets stuck for a few days with a sneering materialistic jerk steve martin whose heart changes by the films end but steve martins role as a creep is great my fav line is when steve martin tells a guy sir if we wanted comedy wed watch u take a leak and the guy beats him up
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Summary: A great 'traveling' movie
Review: Steve Martin plays Neal Page, a slightly uptight marketing executive on a business trip who just wants to get home for Thanksgiving. Neal has trouble on the way to, and at the airport. Del Griffith (a shower curtain ring salesman played by John Candy) accidentally takes his cab, he gets bumped from 1st class into coach, the flight detours because of a snowstorm. If that's not enough, he's seated next to Del on the plane! Del is friendly and well-meaning, but likes to tell 'pointless' stories and dumb jokes, which annoys Neal even more. They get a hotel room together. In the middle of the night, Neal unloads on Del. After hearing his understandable but mean ranting, Del inoffensively defends himself. They slowly inch closer to Chicago, sometimes splitting up but always end up reuniting. Neal goes to a rental car lot only to find his car is gone, AND the bus has pulled away! He has to walk back to the airport and gets mad at a chatty, squeaky-voiced middle-aged female clerk. "I want a f--ing Toyota, a f----g Buick, just 4 f---ing wheels and a seat!" Somehow this isn't overuse and it's hilarious. It's also the only reason I can think of that some fussy people (the kind who still thinks all kids are dumb or impressionable) gave this an R rating. TRUST ME, this movie is almost Disney safe these days. Anyway, Del has a rental car, runs into Neal and they do a lot of driving. This is just about my favorite part. Eventually they get into an accident and stay in another motel. They fight and make up a few times. After their (to say the least) run-down car is impounded, they still manage to get to Chicago in time. I'm not going to say how it ends, just that it's heartwarming and a little sad. John Hughes directed many classic movies of this genre in the late '80s and early '90s. Some don't consider this to be so good. Although it gets mildly serious more often, the funniest parts are here too. Del getting way into the Ray Charles song while Neal is trying to sleep. Than there was the driver yelling "You're going the wrong way" when Del didn't realize he was going into oncoming traffic, just to name a few. There's a couple of things I can see that make it not quite perfect, though. It could've used a better soundtrack (there was hardly any music), maybe some '80s Pop or Rock. Everyone besides Neal & Del pretty much just had cameos, even Neal's family. It would've been nice if they even had a little more prominent roles. This is one of those 'comedy versus tragedy' movies. We've all been where Neal has, (for me, running to catch a bus qualifies). Watching his reaction is funny, but when we're there we feel just like he does. Personality-wise, I'm somewhere between the 2 characters, so both sides were equally funny.
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Summary: A Thanksgiving movie
Review: With Thanksgiving just around the corner, this movie is a great classic to be viewed about now. Just like "Its' a wonderful life" is pretty much mandatory now for Christmas, PT&A is really a movie to be watched by all for turkey day. It's the day before Thanksgiving and Neal, played with great comedic genius and timing by Steve Martin, just wants to get home and be with his family for the holiday.
Of course, everything that could go wrong, does go wrong.
Enter John Candy, as Del, the lovable bear of a guy who seems to turn up everywhere Neal does throughout pretty much the entire film. They have all sorts of mishaps together the first being bumped off their flight to Chicago. They manage to travel along side even though Neal is clearly not happy while Del has this goofy grin on his face through most of the movie.
There are so many hiliarious momments throughout the film, but it is also quite heartwarming. The end of it is very moving.
I think that John Candy and Steve Martin had great chemistry as a comedy duo. They were both really funny in this movie. If you are a fan of either one of them, you'd definitely appreciate this movie.
and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Summary: Heartstoppingly Funny
Review: Originally released in 1987, "Planes, Trains And Automobiles" stands as one of my all - time favorite movies. The writing is sharp and witty, the laughs are nonstop, and the action is absolutely superb, especially the late, great John Candy. Steve Martin is Neal Page, an ad exec on a business trip who wants to fly back to Chicago so he can spend Thanksgiving with his family. Unfortunately, things that go as planned. First, he can't catch a cab. And to make matters worse, his 6:00 flight has been cancelled. While waiting for a later flight, he meets Del Griffith, an overweight blabbermouth who smokes cigarettes and sells shower curtains for a living. It seems that Neil can't escape Dell. First, he sits next to him on the plane, during which he chews his ear off before falling asleep. Soon, the plane lands in Wichita because of a snow storm in Chicago. Neil and Dell share a room together, which is disasterous. They wind up travelling across the country by car, bus and train. The laughs keep coming, and Candy steals the show. I highly recommend this film if you love to laugh. This film has some of the funniest comedy sequences I've ever seen, and again, John Candy is hilarious. We miss you, John!
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Summary: A Must-See for Comedy Lovers!
Review: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is THE funniest movie I have ever seen. It combines two comedy greats, Steve Martin and John Candy together, on a roadtrip to get home for christmas. What happens is Steve martin, a buisness from Chicago, needs to get home for christmas. Not only is his flight cancelled, train wrecked, and car not in the rent-a-car parking spot, he meet John Candy. In this movie Candy plays an extremely nice guy that can't keep his mouth closed. On the other hand, Martin plays a quiet-type person that can get annoyed very easily. As you can see, they could never travel together.... ....or could they? This movie brings out a real common bond or friendship that can form between two absolute strangers that have absolutely nothing in common. Planes, Trains, and Autos has comedy written everywhere. Jokes, pranks, and all sorts of fun are performed well in the movie. I recommend this movie to anyone that wants to laugh!! Honestly folks, this movie is the best and should really be recognized. I guarantee you will love it! Thanks for reading my review and have a nice day!
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Summary: One of the best comedies around
Review: I didn't knew about this movie until one day at my local video store, one of the store's salesmen recommended it to me (unfortunately by the year the movie was released, not every movie in the US made it into our island's theaters). Many years have gone by since that day and I still consider this movie one of the best comedies I have ever seen and also one of the most refreshing. You can watch it over and over, going through the many classic scenes and enjoy it every single time. I think what makes this movie so attractive and classic is that it satirizes common day-to-day traveling situations by using a very clever script and two exceptional comedy performers in John Candy and Steve Martin. I don't think any other couple would've matched the chemistry these two stars displayed on their many scenes together. This movie is a must have for serious comedy fans and it is, in my humble opinion, one of John Candy's best performances. 100% recommended.
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Summary: Great John Candy & Steve Martin Movie, but no extras
Review: Let me start by saying that this is one of my favorite comedies of all time. I've loved this movie for years and I can watch it over and over again. I personally don't see how anyone could not like this movie, but you can't please everybody.
During the movie, Steve Martin is trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving, but his plane lands in Kansas where he's stuck with Del Griffith (John Candy). They do everything they can to get home, but something always goes wrong. And you will laugh through almost the entire movie.
You've probably noticed that I gave this DVD 4 stars, and not 5. My reason for this: There are no special features. It seems like Paramound is just lazy when they put out DVD's. Almost every DVD I have that has no special features are by Paramount. There had to be interviews with Steve Martin and John Candy when the movie was made, or do some new interviews with Steve Martin and John Hughes. I would like to correct one reviewer about them cutting scenes from the DVD. I assume you are talking about the funny scene on the plane when they are being served their food. This is a scene that was not included in the movie at all, it's just added sometimes to the TV version. But I still think that scene should have been included on the DVD. Not as a deleted scene that you could view by itself, but actually included in the movie.
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