In an attempt to spend the Thanksgivings with his family in Chicago, Neil Page, a successful marketing executive works in New York City, struggles against returning home, as his plane has been cancelled for the bad weather and he meets a stranger who decides to accompany him throughout his journey to home.
Man versus technology has been one of the staples of screen comedy since the earliest silent days, and Hughes makes the most of the format here packing as many of the frustrations of modern life as he can into this calamitous travelog of roadside America.
It is, of course, always a pleasure to watch Martin's steam-gauge face register his rising internal pressures and to witness his exquisitely expressed blowoffs. But Candy offers even more insinuating delights.
The film does have its scattered moments. But too often, the audience has as much reason as Del and Neal do to wonder where, if anywhere, they are going.
Film4
July 26, 2011
Expertly executed and very funny road movie that mixes physical, verbal and situational comedy to memorable and highly likeable effect.
