Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
Stats: 272 reviews
Great interactions between Ed O'Neill and Rusty from Vegas Vacation but the plot is somewhat lackluster, empty. John Hughes screenwriting ability was starting to fade at this point and he ventured off into primarily writing children's comedies.
This is an excellent movie. Ed O'Neil is very good. The movie is mainly about the relationship that builds between the spoiled rich son of O'Neil's girlfriend and Ed O'Neil's bluecollar character. It kind of reminds me of another film written by John Hughes, the John Candy/Steve ...( read more)
One of my favorite holiday movies....right up there with Christmas Vacation and Planes, Trains and Automobiles
A great holiday/road trip movie from the John Hughes factory. Ed O'Neill is the anti-Al Bundy as a man trying to connect with the spoiled rotten son of his new girlfriend on road trip to Chicago for Thanksgiving. It's formulatic to be sure as the two start out hating each other, ...( read more)
Fair comedy, it?s too predictable and relies too much on crude humor. There are some funny scenes along the way, but the characters are too extreme. Ed O?Neill comes off best in the cast.
This was a REALLY good funny movie.I wish Ed O' Neil would do more movies
One of the better John Hughes (Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Vacation, etc) films. A step-father has to transport his spoiled rich step-son half-way across the country for Thanxgiving. The step dad came up poor, but doesn't take shit especially from this kid. They bot...( read more)
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