What does ring true is the captivating acting, the zippy pace, and the big laughs that Martin and Candy earn through their gentle rapport.

| Nov 25, 2024

The quintessential mix of Thanksgiving anxiety, Steve Martin and John Candy antics, and John Hughes’ irreverent comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 23, 2023

Frankly, if you’re a fan of this film, the deleted/extended scenes plus the lovely video restoration/remaster may be enough to warrant buying it immediately.

| Nov 22, 2022

Where disaster after disaster can become tiring, they continue reinventing themselves up to an unexpected ending where, after so much laughter one ends up on the brink of tears. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 5, 2022

As recent variations of an age-old movie genre go, it is fairly good, but somehow you hope for more from Steve Martin and John Candy.

| Apr 20, 2022

It's difficult to imagine any of the filmmakers currently working in Hughes's shadow going this extra mile, let alone being so inspired or audacious in the first place.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 3, 2022

Bringing two comedic geniuses, Martin and Candy, together on the big screen was a brilliant idea with obviously positive results.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 2, 2021

Martin is the straight man with Candy sliding into the buffoon role. It is a situation of perfect casting and great chemistry.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2021

John Hughes, the master of adolescent angst, finally has grown up. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a hilarious comedy without troubled teen-agers.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 19, 2021

A hilarious comedy from the 80s that holds up

| Nov 27, 2020

It is honestly one of the finest comedy performances of 1980s cinema.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 11, 2020

The movie falls into the trap of wimpy and bland sentimentality. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 7, 2020

Mainstream audiences should readily identify with the series of tribulations and woes that befall the Everyman Martin in this good-natured, albeit predictable comedy.

| Nov 29, 2018

Led by the chemistry between Steve Martin and John Candy, John Hughes'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles remains a quintessential Thanksgiving classic.

| Nov 22, 2018

It's the perfect film to see on an airplane.

| Original Score: B | Jun 8, 2018

A hilarious and poignant film that would prove to be particularly relevant in the upcoming years.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 14, 2017

Planes,Trains and Automobiles is a very funny film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2013

One of the funniest films ever made...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 30, 2012

A surprisingly powerful, and incredibly funny, little movie led by two terrific performances and John Hughes' razor sharp script.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 29, 2012

The finest comedy screenplay John Hughes ever wrote.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 31, 2011