The Daytrippers

The Daytrippers (1997)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (2,815 ratings)

The debut from writer/director Greg Mottola, The Daytrippers follows a Long Island family as they make a disastrous journey into New York City. The impetus is a love letter discovered by suburbanite Eliza (Hope Davis) which seemingly incriminates her publisher husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) in an… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Greg Mottola
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 5, 1997 Wide
Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    A spirited cast, including old pros Amma Meara and younger talent Parker Posey and Stanley Tucci, elevates this claustrophobic sitcom (most of whiche is set in a car) into something fluffier and funnier than it actually is.

  • Michael Szymanski, International Press Academy

    Unfortunately, to reveal that this funny family movie is bisexual actually will ruin the film for anyone who wants to see it.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Will open your eyes to the role of respect as a keystone to durable love.

  • Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    ... quiet, thoroughly convincing little movie

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jennifer X


    It was very, I don't know, sleepy? Weird, surreal stuff started happening in the middle of these long pauses of nothing. And I spent the entire half of the movie thinking Parker Posey's character had some kind of a mental defect, which I don't think was how she was… More

  • jay n


    wonderful slice of life picture

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