Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
FilmOtaku
While I've been meaning to see this film for years, (I think the trailer was on the Reservoir Dogs VHS that I wore out before I bought it on DVD) it was one of probably hundreds of films that I put on my back burner. So when I recently saw it was on a pay channel I jumped on it, and am very glad that I did finally see this gem.The Daytrippers involves a woman (Davis) whose resolve that she is happily married is tested when she finds an excerpt from a love poem that fell from her husband's (Tucci) clothes. She elects to go to her mother (Meara) for advice and ends up going on a day trip to NYC to ask her husband about it. Along for the ride is her father, (McNamara) her sister, (Posey) and her sister's boyfriend (Schrieber). Of course, if they were able to simply confront her husband it would be easy; unfortunately he is no where to be found, so they willingly engage in amateur sleuthing to put together the story while they drive around the city looking for him.The plot is a fairly simple one, but the character development is the true star of the film. While Parker Posey is known best for playing `quirky yet intelligent' characters, her role seems more of a natural addition in this film rather than a run-of-the-mill portrayal for her. Meara is nearly maddening as a meddling mother, and McNamara, a well established character actor is heartbreakingly sweet as the weary father. Davis and Tucci are both fantastic as usual, and while Tucci's role is a small one, he exhibits his usual passion that makes him an exciting actor. Davis gives her character a palpable fragility that just barely makes room for the modicum of strength that is holding her together. In my opinion, the true breakout star of the film is Schrieber as Carl Petrovic, `the boyfriend'. His character has so many facets to his personality and becomes such a complex study that is so rare in a supporting character. And Schrieber's portrayal is brilliant and both comedic and heart-breaking in it's subtle profundity. Schreiber has been on my radar since I saw him in RKO 281 brilliantly portraying one of my personal heroes, Orson Welles, and after viewing this performance I plan to seek out more of his work. The Daytrippers has been an independent film darling for years now and I can see why. It is an intelligent, emotional and well-written and acted film that will hold an appeal for most who take the time to view it.
--Shelly
pinstripe
The early to mid 1990s produced countless films in relation to the romantic spectrum, and I was expecting The Daytrippers to be another one of them. Whereas I found the "comedy" portion of the movie to be misleading, I still found it to be a worthwhile and decent film. Not all movies need to be entirely deep or philisophical, and this one was a nice change to a lot of what I've seen lately.Eliza Eliza D'Amico (Hope Davis) is walking through her bedroom one morning when she stumbles on a curious love note scribed to her husband. Wanting to get to the bottom of it, she brings the note to the attention of her parents, sister, and the sister's boyfriend Carl.Collectively, they travel to New York for the day to investigate.Along the way, Carl (Liev Schreiber) tells the family all about his "Dr. Seuss for adults" novel he's writing, and the mother (Anne Meara) eats her heart out as his intellectual merryment. Eventually, of course, all havoc breaks loose, as everyone's nerves are wrought by each other, and the trip turns into an explosive dramatic result.The Daytrippers is an actually interesting movie in that it isn't 100% predictable, and leaves a little bit to the audience's guessing with the hanger ending. The weakest faults of the movie are that some of the scenes are entirely pointless, and the film is so short that it seems they tried to fill it with a bit of crap to lengthen it. Otherwise, the film has a lot of interesting little plotlines which could easily produce better spin-offs.
srslatten
Well, after renting Next Stop Wonderland, I've sought out anything starring Hope Davis. She is part of an ensemble cast this time, all of whom equal her acting abilities (but none of whom look as good!) Anyway, this is a great rental (though Wonderland is ten times better). As for the ending, it will shock you as much as the Sixth Sense did. Enjoy!
medamon
This movie cracked me up. I thought Parker Posey was great, Anne Meara, Liev Shreiber, Stanley Tucci, etc. A wild 24 hours of suburbia in a station wagon meets Manhattan, some very funny moments and situations with a big surprise at the end. I always recommend this film to my friends that like indies.
