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Dutch (1991)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:3
Rotten:13
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A light-hearted comedy about how an upper-class kid and his mom's working- class boyfriend try to get along on their very long drive home from the son's boarding school at Thanksgiving. Together,... A light-hearted comedy about how an upper-class kid and his mom's working- class boyfriend try to get along on their very long drive home from the son's boarding school at Thanksgiving. Together, they set out on a road trip filled with mayhem, misadventure, and understanding. [More]
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Randall, JoBeth Williams
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Ethan Randall, JoBeth Williams
Director: Peter Faiman
Director: Peter Faiman
Reviews for Dutch
Provides quite a few moments of fun and pathos for audiences who appreciate sophisticated family fare.
If a film like this is to be funny at all, it had better work when the warring principals still hate each other, before the rich boy is shown to be a sweet kid and the whole story turns to mush.
I's not hard to understand how Hughes turns out so many screenplays. He probably just leaves the old ones in his computer so they're easier to rewrite.
Hughes, a man more prolific than Stephen King and less inspired than Aaron Spelling, has produced yet another forgettable project. This movie shouldn't even be allowed on planes.
Simply a tired, predictable retread of plot snippets and hollow characters from previous Hughes productions.
The acting is only a little more uninspired than the screenplay, which is directed without shame or flair by Peter Faiman of Crocodile Dundee.
Hughes has written, directed and/or produced so many of these films by now that perhaps we can even forgive him for beginning to repeat himself.
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