I haven't seen this very often, but it just has that comfort movie vibe where you feel like you grew up with it even if you didn't.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
11/26/1987Runtime
93 minsGenres
Overview
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$15,000,000Revenue
$49,500,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A rollicking cross-country odyssey that balances genuine warmth with anarchic comedy as two mismatched strangers navigate disaster after disaster. By the end, you feel like you've been through the journey with them and emerged somehow better for it.
Mood
BittersweetJoyfulWhimsicalExhilarating
Themes
FriendshipComing apartFamily
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Brisk
Look
NaturalisticHandheld
Structure
Road movie
Heads up
Graphic violence
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