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Given the presence of both Steve Martin and
John Candy, one would expect this John Hughes comedy to be much, much
funnier than it is. Certainly it's not for lack of effort on the part
of its stars. Martin is an uptight businessman trying to get home from
New York for the holidays. But one thing after another gets in his
way--most of it having to do with Candy, a boorish but well-meaning
boob who takes a liking to him. Together they travel all over the map;
no matter how hard Martin tries to shake him, he can't. But Hughes's
writing is never as sharp as it should be and this film winds up being
only intermittently humorous. --Marshall Fine
