Tag: John Candy

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles is astonishingly unfunny

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles is astonishingly unfunny

    I’ve been catching up on my John Landis, for better or for worse. Trading Places and Coming to America are both much better than I remembered, and I’m glad I revisited them. But Planes, Trains and Automobiles is just astonishingly unfunny. A slapdash production, clearly banking solely on the presumed charm and appeal of its…