There’s no place like home for the holidays if you can get there. In the hilarious, yet heartfelt 1987 classic “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” John Candy and Steve Martin find unlikely companionship in their quest to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving.
Steve Martin plays Neal Page, an uptight and control freak of a man who finds himself stuck in Wichita, Kansas, days before Thanksgiving due to a massive snow storm in the Windy City. He meets Del Griffith, the lovable, “go with the flow” kind of guy as he too is stuck in Wichita. The two decide to join forces, only by circumstance, to try to increase their chances of getting home faster.
“Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” is the perfect movie for those who love over the top comedies; every possible misfortune happens from slumming it in a one bed sketchy motel room to having to sit in the bed of a truck for 45 miles in the snow. Candy delivers many of the films best lines to unknowingly fray Martin’s nerves. One of the funniest lines from Candy occurs when the two are driving in a rental car from St. Louis, Missouri. This is a great film for a family Netflix viewing and it is also likely to be aired on TV throughout the holidays.