Please don't spend money on this.

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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Dutch Dooley is the boyfriend of a wealthy, snobbish tycoon's ex-wife. Volunteering to drive her son home for Thanksgiving to Chicago from his boarding school in Georgia, little does Dutch expect the bizarre situations in store for him. When a blunt, down-to-earth construction worker takes to the road with an insufferable twelve-year-old snob, insecure under the surface, who does not approve of him in the least. A lot of ground must covered before they can reach their destination as friends........It's that age old problem isn't it. Rich people automatically thinking that the working class are a bunch of buffoons who wouldn't know Champagne from Cava, but give them the benefit of the doubt because, hey! Rich people shouldn't do labour outs jobs should they?So here we get two kind of road trips, the literal one with all the hi-jinks you'd expect from a film that has the John Hughes name to it, and the metaphorical road trip where they find themselves, and gain a mutual respect for each other, and it's as bland as it sounds.Firstly O'Neill as Dutch had to be one of the most unlikable good guys in the history of a Hughes written movie. We are supposed to side with a fully grown man who leaves a vulnerable child in the middle of nowhere at night? But hey it's okay, the boy is a rich brat. The rich must be punished!!!Embry is your typical Hughes brat. Abhorrent to the last sugar coated embrace, he's as unlikable as the titular character, and we have over an hour of these two on the road, bit picking at one another.Imagine Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with all the charm, wit, intelligence and love taken away, and you have this unfunny ordeal.And it all ends with Christopher Macdonald gaining a serious head injury, oh how I'd live to be working class, you can do anything you like to the other classes, and still be respected........because your a working man.Don't make me laugh.Rubbish.

Yes, John Hughes, the writer and co-producer of this thing, may be clearly recycling "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" to a degree, but this variation still works due to entertaining and endearing characters, and some very good moments along the way. Ed O'Neill is a hoot in the lead role of "Dutch" Dooley, an amiable working class lug dating Natalie Standish (JoBeth Williams), who married into the upper class. Natalie's got a son named Doyle (Ethan Embry, then still using his birth name Ethan Randall) enrolled in a far away prep school, and the kid is a stuck up, insufferable brat with a contempt and hatred for practically the whole world. So the tension is there from the beginning when agreeable Dutch volunteers to drive the kid home to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving. He hates Dutchs' guts at first, but it goes without saying that the journey is going to change not only his opinion of the man but the way he views things. Assorted episodes include Dutch setting off firecrackers in a field, an automobile mishap, Dutch & Doyle hitching a ride with a pair of seemingly benevolent hookers (Ari Meyers, Elizabeth Daily), and the films' highlight, a scene in a homeless shelter. Some of the humour comes from taking a refined individual out of his element as Doyle is obliged to order food at a diner and later is overly neat with his utensils at the shelter (prompting Dutch to come up with the quip, "Would you like to see a wine list?"). Doyle comes to realize that there are good people in the world from all walks of life, and lets go of that pent-up hostility, while also learning the hard truth about his undependable father Reed (Christopher McDonald, once again playing a jerk to perfection). O'Neill and Embry prove to be a good team as we wait for the kids' icy exterior to start melting; Dutch is a basically good, honest, and straightforward man who also helps Doyle finally find the child inside. Lovely scenery from various U.S. locations - in Tennessee, Illinois, and Georgia - is a big plus, as well as Alan Silvestris' music. All in all, this is an appealing road comedy that does deserve a place as a seasonal favourite. Seven out of 10.

Dutch is another in the long line of films from John Hughes (though not the director here). It's not quite at the same level as Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink, but it is a charming little film in its own right.The film features Ed O'Neil (then appearing on Married with Children) as Dutch Dooley, an unpretentious blue-collar kind of guy, who is dating Jo Beth Williams. Williams is divorced from the wealthy and royal (expletive) Christopher McDonald (playing another in a long line of jerks). McDonald still holds a grudge against his ex, since she found the courage to walk away from him. He gets back at her through controlling her access to money and via the (undeserved) adoration of their son, Doyle. Doyle attends a prestigious boy's school in Virginia. After Willams tries to get Doyle to come home for the holidays, and receives and nasty rejection, Dutch offers to travel to the school and bring Doyle home, giving them a chance to bond.Doyle is a spoiled little (expletive) learning well the lesson of his very absent father. He has no friends, but seems to have no desire for any. Enter Dutch and a battle of wills ensues. Dutch is determined to make friends with the boy, though he quickly finds that it is a tall order. And so, a road trip begins, complete with fireworks, accidents, prostitutes, robbery, and little acts of kindness that slowly start to chink away at Doyle's armor.O'Neil is the star here, ably portraying the working class Dutch. He is a self made man, who is proud of his background and doesn't have time for Doyle's spoiled rich antics, nor his useless father. He attempts to educate Doyle on the ways of the real world, especially those of the common man, who Doyle seems to hold in utter contempt. O'Neil never plays it too far over the top, nor too seriously. he strikes the right balance of humor and drama, letting expression and body language carry as much of the performance as dialogue.Ethan Embry proves to be up to working with a solid character man like O'Neil. He has Doyle down to a tee, making him thoroughly unlikeable and pompous. Bit by bit, the facade starts to fade and we see the smiling young boy depicted in a prised photo (of Doyle and his mother, but kept safely tucked away, lest he admit having feelings). Doyle is truly touched by the kindness of people that he previously sneered at, especially in some wonderful (if manipulative) scenes in a homeless shelter. Doyle soon comes to realize that Dutch, in just a couple of days, has been more of a father than his biological one (who can't be bothered to return a phone call).Jo Beth Williams and Christopher McDonald have the smaller parts, but make the most of their scenes. You believe that Williams truly loves her son, no matter how he treats her. McDonald plays a complete scumbag, but you still enjoy his performance enough to want to see him pop back in, if only to get his comeuppance.As is typical of Hughes, the emotions are heavily manipulated and the scenes pander to the audience, but the performances lift them above the cliché and the emotions seem earned. The journey along the road provides some excellent scenery, as they pass through the Southern mountains and make their way to the upper Midwest, showcasing scenery that Hollywood often ignores. The film is uneven in parts, but the characters are enjoyable enough to forgive this.In the end, Dutch is a movie that was somewhat ignored in its time; just another John Hughes film, with the same gags. This is probably due to the less than stellar marketing, which tried to make O'Neil's Dutch look more like Al Bundy. It's a shame, as the film deserved better. It is well worth checking out, assuming you can find it. The DVD release came and went almost as quietly as the movie. If you find it, though, watch it!

I do so love movies that lift the lid and expose our social attitudes, I could name so many other movies take a real hard poke at what amounts to class snobbery.What we have here is a rich young snob, looking down on a working class truck driver who works hard for his pay, and is therefore able to pay his way.This film also takes a poke at parents who rear such rotten kids, and without any real experiences of life, grow up to be just like their parents.And so the merry go round continues both in America, the land of the free, ha ha ha, and here in England, our green and pleasant land, ha ha ha.Both our nation's rear such monsters, and it will never change, we like being snobs, we like looking down on our peers, and why do we like doing all this ? Because those who do it, feel inferior, and the only way they can make themselves feel superior, is to look down on their peers.As stated I love films that take a real poke at judgemental snobbery, and this film did it in buckets and in a very funny way, but snobbery isn't funny, it's pathetic.