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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Movie (1987)
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 curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Movie (1987)
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 curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
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Sex & Nudity
Sexual references, innuendo, a passionate teen-style make-out scene, a morning-after situation with a hand between butt cheeks, scantily clad women on magazine covers, and an implied nude man in the shower.
Violence & Gore
Cars crash and explode, characters engage in physical tussles and punches, and people are almost run over or dragged by the testicles for laughs. There are also threat references, a joking suicide reference, and mention of a dead spouse.
Profanity
Frequent strong language including f--k and f--king in an angry tirade, plus other profanity and religious exclamations like God, Jesus and Christ.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Adult characters smoke cigarettes and a cigar, drink beer, and one scene shows them acting drunk.
Frightening Scenes
Dangerous driving down the wrong highway direction with heavy swerving creates peril, accompanied by a brief flash of a skull, a character dressed as the devil, a joking reference to suicide, and mention of a dead spouse.
Other things to know
Many real brands appear in the film, including Roy Rogers, Time magazine, Pepsi and Toyota.
Positives & learning
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Positive messages
Messages about looking beyond differences, friendship found unexpectedly, perseverance, teamwork, empathy and compassion.
Role models
Del is friendly and resourceful but comes on too strong and is clueless about boundaries; Neal is tense, angers easily and can be verbally aggressive, but gradually learns empathy and acceptance.
Representation
The leads are two White men with very few people of color or women; the film includes homophobic humor, a White character imitating a Jamaican accent, and a disrespectful joke about a wife's body.
Learning
Families can discuss the language in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and how it affects the humor.
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