Promoted as Hughes’ first adult comedy and boasting a number of expertly executed set-pieces – alongside two hugely charismatic lead performances – this Thanksgiving-set tale invokes a number of modes of transport as it charts the attempts by two very different men to make their way home.
Uptight marketing executive Neal Page (Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) is desperate to get out of New York and home to his family in Chicago in time for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately for him, luck is not on his side this holiday season – but loquacious shower curtain salesman Del Griffith (John Candy, Uncle Buck) is most certainly by his side, incessantly, during the three-day misadventure which ensues as the two continue their increasingly farcical journey home.
Mostly broad in its humour, the film nevertheless plays to the road movie’s time-honoured tradition of presenting disquieting observations on loneliness and alienation. John Hughes’ classic odd couple comedy is essential feel-good viewing for the start of the holiday season, starring an acting duo at the top of their game.
All our screenings are 18+ and the film will begin at the advertised time above.
Content Warning: strong language, mild violence, and suggestive themes.
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