The Daytrippers

The Daytrippers (1997)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (2,753 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, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By
Greg Mottola
Written By
Greg Mottola
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 5, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Jun 20, 2000
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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