An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.
The film does have its scattered moments. But too often, the audience has as much reason as Del and Neal do to wonder where, if anywhere, they are going.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Essentially, it's the stars' keenly observed nuances of character that make this comedy amiable enough.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Man versus technology has been one of the staples of screen comedy since the earliest silent days, and Hughes makes the most of the format here packing as many of the frustrations of modern life as he can into this calamitous travelog of roadside America.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
21 Nov 2008
fresh:
It is, of course, always a pleasure to watch Martin's steam-gauge face register his rising internal pressures and to witness his exquisitely expressed blowoffs. But Candy offers even more insinuating delights.