Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

TownRootGuy No teen angst here. This is where Hughes showed he had range, this is all about middle-aged angst. If you can't laugh at one man's hand being stuck between another man's butt cheeks, this movie is not for you. Come on! It has Martin and Candy AND it drives the funny home! Well, part of the way. This movie will make you laugh or your life has been way too cushy. Provided you haven't lived your life in a protective cocoon, this is watchable every 2 - 3 years.

view_and_review Every once in a while I will rewatch a movie from my youth. Planes, Trains and Automobiles happened to be on so I thought I'd check it out. From what I remembered it was a good movie.Yes it was.Maybe it was the nostalgia of it or maybe it was just that good but I found myself guffawing at Neal (Steve Martin) and Del (John Candy). It's hard to believe that the movie is now 30 years old. It's Thanksgiving time and Neal and Del are begrudgingly (from Neal's point of view anyway) paired together on a hellish trip from New York to Chicago in which Murphy's Law fully applies. Hilarity ensues as Neal is pushed to the brink of insanity by all of the mishaps and Del--the oblivious, jolly fat man.Although Neal and Del weren't the original odd couple I would venture to say that they were the first road trip odd couple.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Very little actually needs to be said about "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", because this is indeed a classic comedy from the late 1980s, and if you aren't already familiar with it, then it is about due time to take the time to do so.The movie stars two of the biggest comedy names from the late 1980s; that being Steve Martin and John Candy. So it is very difficult not to be familiar with this movie, especially if you enjoy the comedy genre and if you are a fan of either of these two funny men."Planes, Trains & Automobiles" is about Neal Page (played by Steve Martin) who finds his flight back home for Thanksgiving to be canceled due to bad weather. Neal reluctantly teams up with shower curtain rings salesman Del Griffith (played by John Candy) in order to trek back home through more conventional means of transportation. But the trek back home is not an uneventful or particularly trouble-free one...There are so many hilarious scenes and moments in this movie that it would simply be too tiresome to have to point them all out. "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" is filled with plenty of good laughs, and writer/director John Hughes really put together a memorable and very entertaining story and movie.The cast in the movie was quite good, and there is no doubt about it that the impact of the movie is due to the comedy team up between John Candy and Steve Martin, as they have amazing chemistry together on the screen.I have watched "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" a bunch of times since it was first released, both on VHS back in the day and later on DVD. And it is a movie that I will frequently return to watch because it is quite entertaining.

John Brooks Steve Martin. John Candy. John Hugues (Ferris Bueller, Home Alone, the Breakfast Club...). And a heart-warming, morality-conveying, guilt-inducing type comedy between two guys whose path just constantly crosses by coincidence when really one can't stand the other, taking place during Thanksgiving. Perfect recipe for an American success on paper, and you see exactly where I'm going with this. The film overall makes for a smooth enjoyable viewing, but at no point is it particularly funny, particularly subtle, or just particularly good at all whether with its plot, the emotion it carries, the humor...and the ending is just a completely forced, improbable, typically American all-out dramatic release of tension. And John Candy dying years later, an unfortunate event in itself, doesn't make this film any better or his character more likable. It's alright, but by no means a great film, and certainly no classic and what not.