Dutch
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Ed O'Neill's great unsung big-screen performance is in this 1991 comedy, which (like Planes, Trains and Automobiles) involves a road-trip home for Thanksgiving by two combative men. In this case, they're O'Neill's boorish slob and Ethan Embry's snobby prep-school kid—the son of O'Neill's girlfriend (JoBeth Williams). Through a series of misadventures, they forge a lasting friendship.
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Working-class good guy Dutch Dooley is the current boyfriend of a wealthy, snobbish tycoon's ex-wife. Volunteering to drive the woman's son home for Thanksgiving to Chicago from his boarding school in Georgia, little does Dutch expect the picaresque adventures in store for him. When a blunt, down-to-earth construction worker takes to the road with an insufferable twelve-year-old snob (desperately insecure under the surface) who does not approve of him in the least, quite a little must happen before they can reach their destination as friends — or, for that matter, get home at all.
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Genres: Drama, Comedy
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Release Date: July 19, 1991
Director: Peter Faiman
Studio: Fox
Review:
"Critics were too rough on this one."
27 June 2001 | by Thornfield2 (West Valley) –
About 15 minutes into this movie I was thinking, "This kid needs a darn good spanking." But all he really needed was a little love and someone to listen to, and this changes him more than anything. And that's all kids and teens really need. This film displays that. The kid's actions made some of my friends leave the room right in the middle of it, but if you look past these mischievious doings you can really see that it is a cry for help. Critics, I think, were too harsh and really did not see what Hughes was trying to say. Ed O'Neil and Ethan Embry are very talented, and they make a great team. This film has a good message behind it. I recommend it to every one.
Starring:
Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams
Supporting Actors:
Christopher McDonald, Ari Meyers, Elizabeth Daily, L. Scott Caldwell, Kathleen Freeman, Lisa Figus, Cedering Fox, Shelby Leverington, Kyle Fredericks, David James Alexander, Ross Borden, Joe Baker, Laura Brumage, Will Estes, Robert Sutherland Telfer, Patrika Darbo, Ron Payne