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72% Critic Match
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
“What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.”
7.2 / 10• 1987• 1h 32m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Steve Martin
Neal Page
Lead
John Candy
Del Griffith
Laila Robins
Susan Page
Michael McKean
State Trooper
Dylan Baker
Owen
Kevin Bacon
Taxi Racer
Olivia Burnette
Marti Page
Carol Bruce
Joy Page
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Hughes's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
