Review of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) by Philip R — 11 Mar 2010
This is one of those movies that I grew up hearing about and never saw, but I finally did see PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES and I loved it. What a movie about an uptight businessman (Steve Martin) trying to get home to Chicago for the holidays with his family, gets paired up with an obnoxious shower curtain ring selling blabbermouth (brilliantly played by the late, great John Candy), who turns his journey into a three day disaster of errors as one transportation problem follows another.
My favorite scenes were when Martin frequently snaps and blames Candy for their misfortunes at the beginning and when they scream when their rental car is between the two trucks and you see their skeletons and Candy as the devil.
I thought it was cool to see Kevin Bacon make a cameo appearance as he and Martin chase a Taxi in New York and some of the actors who appeared in Ferris Bueller's Day Off make cameos as airport workers.
I loved the music that Ira Newborn composed in some of the dramatic scenes. Of all the Hughes Entertainment films I've seen: Home Alone 1 and 2, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck, Baby's Day Out, Weird Science, and Some Kind of Wonderful.
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES is one of the best movies that the legendary John Hughes wrote, produced, and directed of all time.
This review of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) was written by Philip R on 11 Mar 2010.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles has generally received very positive reviews.
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