I hate to say that this movie has most of my bad travel memories. Two of my favs, Steve Martin (Neal Page) and John Candy (Del Griffith) team up a few too many miles as they try to return home through multiple delays. John Hughes runs the whole production.
This odd couple ranks in the Top 10 of all time. John Candy sees the bright side of even a chilling ride behind a pick-up truck. He's the guy that tends to freeload and be a burden on a long trip. The one who sweet talks his way through your every sacrifice. He crowds the coach airplane seating, takes all the towels, and asks for too many favors. Then when Page can't take it and rants on him, Del is the wounded victim, making you feel worse in the end. Steve Martin plays his humorous straight guy. He's the polite one that loses it with the rude desk workers, like I did once. They enter cheap inns of every nightmare shade, which I know too well.
The writing was also memorable. Martin's and Candy's monologues are like "Where's your other hand?"... "I want a f___n car right f___n now!"..."If I wanted a joke, I'd follow you into the John and watch you take a leak,"..."Why do I feel like I'm in summer camp?" It finishes it off on point, with those idle hours you spend reliving the best/worst from your trip.
Laughing all the way, I lay this on 10th and Goal.
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