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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (DVD, 2000)
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Leading Role: John Candy,Steve Martin
Director: John Hughes
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Nov 2000
Format: DVD
UPC: 097363203643
Product ID: EPID3350335
Description: All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. W...
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Maybe John Candy's best performance ever.Review created: 09/14/08(updated 09/14/08)
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Cleverly understated and deceptively hidden under Neal Page's (Steve Martin) journey of misadventures, pratfalls and comedic errors to get back home in time for Thanksgiving dinner lies the aura of Del Griffith (John Candy).
As Neal tries desperately to get back home, he and Del encounter everything from cancelled flights, motel room disasters, to rental car fires. The harder they try, the further off course they get.
When Neal and Del finally part ways, Neal enjoys a chuckle as he thinks about all the bad luck he encountered on his journey home. He suddenly comes to the realization that Del is very much alone in this world. Director John Hughes drops this bombshell on us by cutting back and forth as Neil is reminicing by interplaying the scenes and Del's dialogue.
The visual and verbal comedy between Steve Martin and John Candy only enhances the stark contrast between the two characters and is exemplified by the warmth of Neil's family life and the solitary one of Del's.
Talk about getting blindsided. John Hughes tells a tale of two men's journies through life, hides everything behind the veil of comedy and then exposes the characters for who they are.
Laugh at the comedy, few can better the interaction of John Candy and Steve Martin. Enjoy the journey.
Hope you like it!
If you have found this review informative and helpful, please don't forget to vote. Thanks.
The Snowstorm.
As Neal tries desperately to get back home, he and Del encounter everything from cancelled flights, motel room disasters, to rental car fires. The harder they try, the further off course they get.
When Neal and Del finally part ways, Neal enjoys a chuckle as he thinks about all the bad luck he encountered on his journey home. He suddenly comes to the realization that Del is very much alone in this world. Director John Hughes drops this bombshell on us by cutting back and forth as Neil is reminicing by interplaying the scenes and Del's dialogue.
The visual and verbal comedy between Steve Martin and John Candy only enhances the stark contrast between the two characters and is exemplified by the warmth of Neil's family life and the solitary one of Del's.
Talk about getting blindsided. John Hughes tells a tale of two men's journies through life, hides everything behind the veil of comedy and then exposes the characters for who they are.
Laugh at the comedy, few can better the interaction of John Candy and Steve Martin. Enjoy the journey.
Hope you like it!
If you have found this review informative and helpful, please don't forget to vote. Thanks.
The Snowstorm.
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