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Summary: My favorite comedy. AWFUL DVD!
Review: I have a very long review of this film available to read in all its minimal splendor at wiredonmovies.com. I thought that I'd instead review the DVD.Boo! Widescreen and 5.1 sound is great, but not even a trailer? John Hughes says there is a 3-hour cut of this film in a Paramount vault -- where is it here? Also, there are deleted scenes shown on Network Television (such as TNT) and they aren't even included here! (An extended plane scene and one in a diner, etc.) There are so many deleted scenes in this film that could have been re-inserted under the care of John Hughes. It's so appalling that there's nothing here. NOT EVEN A TRAILER! What about a commentary with Steve and John Hughes? I'd buy this in a heartbeat! But for now, I'm sticking to my old VHS copy, which I have watched somewhere around 230 times. (It's getting sort of fuzzy.) This is my all-time favorite comedy for a number of reasons. This is one of my least-favorite DVDs for a considerable number of reasons, too. If you would like to make a difference, please visit petitiononline.com/ptadvd and SIGN THE SPEC. ED. DVD PETITION! It's the least any fan of the film can do. Planes, Trains and Automobiles: 5/5
DVD: 1/5 (it would be a complete turkey if not for the widescreen and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound).
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Summary: FUNNY AND TOUCHING!
Review: Neal (Played by Steve Martin) is trying to get home to NY for Thanksgiving, because of a bad storm the airports are closed.
He meets up with Del (Played by John Candy) who is also traveling and asks if he can help. Big mistake!
You are taken on a semi-cross country trip as these two try to use every form of transportation to get Neal home for the Holidays.
Neal cannot seem to shake Del, who has for reasons unknown until the end of the movie, decided to make it his quest to see that Neal gets home on time. There were many laughs in this movie, but I think for me the ending was what touched my heart and made it great. If you like Steve Martin and John Candy you will not want to miss this one. Humor, yet heart-warming. A very good experience!
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Summary: Watch it Every Thanksgiving!
Review: One of Steve Martin and John Candy's funniest films. Watch it with a group of people around Thanksgiving. It is very funny, yet manages to be kind of touching at the end. Rent it today!
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Summary: Side-Splitting Comedy!
Review: This is a must-see DVD. I have never laughed so hard in my life as I have with this film. John Candy and Steve Martin (who plays the straight man) are a fantasic duo. I will not spoil it by telling you all the highlights but this ranks as the funniest film I've seen yet.
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Summary: Uneven, but a blast!
Review: "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" can be classified as a "road movies," a "buddy picture" and, more ethereally, as a "quest." Going with the last, it's a "comic quest," and Steve Martin and John Candy remind me of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. In this case they are tackling something far more dangerous than a Spanish countryside; they take on mass transit two days before Thanksgiving! I really enjoy this movie, but I always finish it, feeling a little dissatisfied, and that comes from the quest: Steve Martin's desire to get home. His desire is understandable; his wife loves him, the kids look forward to seeing him, and his home is beautiful. I always feel that if Martin and his wife are on the verge of breaking up, and he really is not looking forward to going home, and the harder the return trip becomes the harder he fights to get home, then the story would have a dramatic purpose. The lesson he learns, it seems, is to relax a bit, but being taught by John Candy, the lesson does not work-- I think Martin has every right be irritated by his terrible trip, and this slovenly if friendly "biggest pain that came down the turnpike." However, I am always happy when John Candy is rescued from his lonely holiday by Martin, and togethey they walk up the snowy street together to the warm, welcoming house. The individual scenes in this film, which illustrate the horrors and sheer weirdness of traveling, are wonderful--a stand out is Martin and Candy waiting for the bus (after their train breaks down) and next to them is old man, whose pet mice are run in and out of their shoebox house on his lap. Also: Martin exploding when his rental car is missing--I don't like four letters word, and I don't like the rental car woman being cursed at (Martin gets punished almost immediately afterwards) but Martin's "f--" speech always makes me laugh; I know that kind of rage. The awful hotel rooms; the coffeeshops; the motley people they meet ("her last baby came out sideways"); the burnt out car; and the perky version of "Red River Valley" overcome plot problems and make this a holiday favorite for me.
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Summary: Thanksgiving Classic
Review: Okay, so maybe most people don't think of it as a Thanksgiving classic, but my family watches it every single year. I will agree with most people that it is a funny movie, but not hilarious. Now maybe it's because I practically know it inside and out. My absolute favorite part is when John Candy and Steve Martin are so desperate to keep traveling that they actually get in the charred remains of the rental car and head down the road. Then when they get pulled over and the officer asks them, "Do you think this is safe?" and John Candy looks straight at him and replies, "Yes, yes I do" with a completely serious face. That gets me every time. The sheer audacity of it is hilarious.
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Summary: Make me wanna eat turkey... very funny!!
Review: Okay i will not go over why this movie is comedy at its best because just about everyone told you why. Steve is funny. Candy is funny but he got to lose some weight or it will kill him. I heard he loves to eat pock chops making scenes. He won't stop eating. Wait, he is dead... how sad. Let's hope that this will teach people that being fat does not pay, even for celebrities. May J. Candy RIP... As for the movie, watch it. Oh eh Stevorino? ..you need to dye ur hair because your nature color makes you look like an elbino. I'm out.
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Summary: Laugh out loud
Review: I'd never really heard of this movie. I knew the name of it, but I couldn't have told you who was in it or anything before watching it. And then I discovered it was hilarious! Steve Martin was great in this, and John Candy surpasses himself! It reminded me slightly of Forces of Nature, which I think based itself on this movie. This film was good quality, and really made me laugh. When John & Steve share a room at the motel, that's really funny. And the taxi scenes near the beginning (with an unrecognisable Kevin Bacon - well, I didn't recognise him!) are predictable but funny. Everyone should see this movie at least once, if not more, cos its so funny, and will have you recalling scenes in your head for a long time afterwards.
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Summary: Any transportation will do!
Review: Steve Martin and the late John Candy team up for this hilarious comedy PLANES,TRAINS and AUTOMOBILES. There's a cameo by Kevin Bacon who grabs a cab in the heavy New York City traffic. Bacon starred in SHE'S HAVING A BABY filmed around the same time as this film. Neal Page(Martin) is a marketing executive who plans to return home to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Neal grabs a cab,throwing out Del Griffith(Candy) who was about to enter the cab. Salesman Griffith and Page meet in an airport about to fly to Chicago. Massive storms forced the Chicago flight to be canceled so the two end up in Wichita,Kansas. Page and Griffith check in at the Braidwood Inn. They both take out their credit cards to pay,thus their respective cards accidentally end up in the other's wallet! Page and Griffith share a room since it was the only available room left. They sleep together,thus Page becomes annoyed by Griffith's loud snoring. Page became so angry that he impulsively got up and prepared to get dressed and leave. The pair end up in a heated argument over Griffith's behavior and imcompetence. Page's anger subsides so he undresses again and goes back to bed. Come daylight,Griffith is dreaming that he's embracing his late wife. He gently kisses Page's ear and Page is holding Griffith's hand. So Neal and Del make their plans on how to get home safely and quickly. One point in the film shows an angry Neal upset with an agent at a rent-a-car company("YOU CAN GET ME A F---ING DATSUN,A F---ING TOYOTA,A F---ING BUICK,A F---ING MUSTANG! FOUR F---ING WHEELS AND A SEAT!") What happens next? Del shows up in a car he's renting. Incompetent Del finishes smoking a cigarette that when he was about to toss the still-burning butt out the window,it accidentally ended up in the back seat of the car. The car becomes ablaze and even worse,Neal's wallet was in the glove compartment with his credit card back in it. All the glove compartment contents burned in the fire. Now Neal is really furious with Del. Neither had $42.50 to check in for the night at a nearby motel so Neal comes up with $17 cash and a wrist watch. The on-duty manager accepts Neal's alternate payment. When Del comes up with $2 cash and a nicer-looking watch,the manager refuses and "says goodnight". Del is freezing to death outside in his charred rent-a-car until Neal invites him to share his room. Come Thanksgiving Day,despite all the aggravation and struggling,Neal arrives home in Chicago safe and sound. Del is with him. Del confessed that he is homeless and lost his wife. That was why Del said in one scene,"I haven't been home in years." His business of selling shower curtain rings is what is keeping him financially stable and clean. The end theme is "Everytime You Go Away" written by Daryl Hall of the rock/pop duo Hall and Oates and was a minor hit for them and later a bigger hit for Paul Young. This film was directed by John Hughes who also directed SHE'S HAVING A BABY and would later direct CURLY SUE. Listen for an audio excerpt from SHE'S HAVING A BABY. It's an argument between Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. I dedicate this film to the memory of John Candy who died in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack.
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Summary: This movie is classic
Review: This movie is wow. Awesome. John Candy stars with Steve Martin. These two guys are hilarious together. It goes from John Candy stewaling Steve mArtins taxi in New York to Steve sitting beside Candy on the plane and eneding up going to kanasa and all the way back to chicago. Together. The things these two went through. were very funny. this movie is suitable for anyone except has some swearing
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