Planes, Trains and Automobiles.(McCormick's Quick Takes on Travel Video Classics).Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Paramount, 1987). John Hughes
Martin and John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Canada branch of The Second City, often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. as an unlikely pair of traveling companions hoping to get home for the holidays. The chemistry between the uptight Martin and a slovenly slov·en·ly adj. 1. Untidy, as in dress or appearance. 2. Marked by negligence; slipshod. See Synonyms at sloppy. slov Candy is familiar from dozens of other buddy films, but it works well here, provoking tears of laughter and sympathy as we watch the comedic duo come to grips with each other and with every obstacle and annoyance modern transportation can throw at them. Ulysses didn't have as much trouble getting home. Nor we as much fun watching him. **** |
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