Yet, another movie were the antagonist takes advantage of the protagonist's mistakes, and tries to make comical situations out of it, but ending up just failing. It reminds me of "Home Alone 2" were some of the falling scenes sounding like failed punches from a comic book movie. The iconic "cracking of the nose" and other stupid sounds. The only difference between this and "Home Alone 2" is that at least "Home Alone 2" was funny.
I know I gave this movie two and a half stars, but for the wrong reason. Let me just say that excluding Ed O'Neill, I hate every character in the movie. The two and a half stars basically go to him since I'm a sucker to see him in movies and portray his funny, middle class self. But this movie got on my last nerve in points.
Lets stop and think about how many times we have seen this before, let alone in a John Hughes movie. It's almost like they tried to continue Uncle Buck in points of the film. This movie is very hard to relate to seeing as this kid is spoiled, and yet still miserable. This kid as an annoying, smart ass tone to him which make you want to punch the kid. Plus with a sucker mother, and a comical father, he's not living royalty.
Dutch Dooley (Ed O'Neill) has a relationship with single mother Natalie (JoBeth Williams). Making a promise to his girlfriend, he agrees to drive to pick up her twelve-year-old son, Doyle Standish (Ethan Embry) from his private school in hopes that the drive back they will become friends. I have to stop and note that Doyle reminds me of that bratty kid from Full House that had and elegant way of talking and just a certain way of saying everything in a know-it-all way.
Then....you guessed it. Doyle and Dutch have a less than brotherly relationship together. In fact, there like two kids fighting over the front seat in the car. The one kid instigates (Dutch), or the guy who tries to have a relationship with the other one, but in an unnatural way. Or like the guy who says "ha ha, I got the front seat." Doyle tries to be mature about it, but yes, in the wrong way. He says things in an annoying way just to be an instigator.
This movie is not original at all, it's the same recycled concept we have seen on the big screen and in real life. You know what will happen. The mom's got a new boyfriend, the boyfriend tries to be nice to the kid, the kid pulls juvenile pranks on the adult, the adult takes no grown up charge towards it, then they work it out, movies over, wasted $10. I think thats all the nit-picking I can do on this. In all honesty, this isn't bad, but I've said this before, it goes in every way you would expect it. There's no uniqueness toward the movie.
But I will go as far as saying, it's a watchable John Hughes movie. But it doesn't live up to the other forgotten ones like Curly Sue, Flubber, The Great Outdoors, and my second favorite John Hughes movie, Career Opportunities. I also have to be honest in saying that I laughed in parts of this movie. Plus there were a few parts in this that actually stood out that when I look at the title Dutch I'll remember this movie.
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Randall, JoBeth Williams, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by: Peter Faiman.
I know I gave this movie two and a half stars, but for the wrong reason. Let me just say that excluding Ed O'Neill, I hate every character in the movie. The two and a half stars basically go to him since I'm a sucker to see him in movies and portray his funny, middle class self. But this movie got on my last nerve in points.
Lets stop and think about how many times we have seen this before, let alone in a John Hughes movie. It's almost like they tried to continue Uncle Buck in points of the film. This movie is very hard to relate to seeing as this kid is spoiled, and yet still miserable. This kid as an annoying, smart ass tone to him which make you want to punch the kid. Plus with a sucker mother, and a comical father, he's not living royalty.
Dutch Dooley (Ed O'Neill) has a relationship with single mother Natalie (JoBeth Williams). Making a promise to his girlfriend, he agrees to drive to pick up her twelve-year-old son, Doyle Standish (Ethan Embry) from his private school in hopes that the drive back they will become friends. I have to stop and note that Doyle reminds me of that bratty kid from Full House that had and elegant way of talking and just a certain way of saying everything in a know-it-all way.
Then....you guessed it. Doyle and Dutch have a less than brotherly relationship together. In fact, there like two kids fighting over the front seat in the car. The one kid instigates (Dutch), or the guy who tries to have a relationship with the other one, but in an unnatural way. Or like the guy who says "ha ha, I got the front seat." Doyle tries to be mature about it, but yes, in the wrong way. He says things in an annoying way just to be an instigator.
This movie is not original at all, it's the same recycled concept we have seen on the big screen and in real life. You know what will happen. The mom's got a new boyfriend, the boyfriend tries to be nice to the kid, the kid pulls juvenile pranks on the adult, the adult takes no grown up charge towards it, then they work it out, movies over, wasted $10. I think thats all the nit-picking I can do on this. In all honesty, this isn't bad, but I've said this before, it goes in every way you would expect it. There's no uniqueness toward the movie.
But I will go as far as saying, it's a watchable John Hughes movie. But it doesn't live up to the other forgotten ones like Curly Sue, Flubber, The Great Outdoors, and my second favorite John Hughes movie, Career Opportunities. I also have to be honest in saying that I laughed in parts of this movie. Plus there were a few parts in this that actually stood out that when I look at the title Dutch I'll remember this movie.
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Randall, JoBeth Williams, and Christopher McDonald. Directed by: Peter Faiman.