Definitely our favorite Thanksgiving movie, and it's tradition to watch it every year. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :) The other John Candy movies I enjoy are Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings (which I believe you reacted to already). My favorite Steve Martin movies are Father of the Bride 1 & 2, and Parenthood.
This movie is a Gem. Steve Martin and John Candy are just gifts to comedy. You should put The Jerk on your list. It’s amazing. John Candy is the bigger guy FYI :) He passed years ago
Great reaction! Another great Thanksgiving movie that doesn't get alot of talk about is from the 90s and it's called Home For the Holidays! I highly recommend it! It has Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes and Dylan McDermott. Also you pretty much have to watch every John Hughes movie. They are all classics! John Candy in Uncle Buck is great!
One of my favorite movies, especially at Thanksgiving! Made even better by your infectious laugh, James! 👍 As many times as I've seen this movie, I always tear up at the end.
There’s an added poignancy to the final scene when you know that it was originally scripted and filmed with Mrs Page believing Neal had been having an affair. Therefore she feared all the events were just Neals excuses for not coming home so he could be with the other woman. It’s only at the moment that she says “Hello Mr Griffith” that she knows it was all true and she had nothing to fear.
I only realized this 10 years ago, the 25thish time I saw it. I thought her throaty reaction was weird and awkward until I put it all together and then I was like🤯
@@prestigeworldwide5239 Never understood why they changed it in the edit as it does make her reactions weird. There's enough jollity in the rest of the movie to allow for a little pathos in the backstory. Still, great movie though.
John Hughes, Joh Candy, and Steve Martin are ALL LEGENDS!!! You can pick just about any John Hughes movie and it's a classic! From Breakfast Club, to Vacation, to Home Alone, to Uncle Buck (another great John Candy role!), to 16 Candles! The list goes on and on! Steve Martin & John Candy are comedy gold!!! I would recommend Uncle Buck or Great Outdoors for John Candy and Father of the Bride or Parenthood for Steve Martin.
Only recently saw this one. We don't have Thanksgiving here but literally everyone have had some horror stories about traveling so it's still great even if you're not from the US. If you liked this one I definitely recommend Uncle Buck as well. Also by John Hughes and starring John Candy.
If you loved this, you gotta see John Candy (who is Canadian) in the movie "Canadian Bacon" - which is the only film Michael Moore ever directed that was actually freakin' funny. :) Candy plays a Sheriff in New York who leads an American invasion of Canada. Hilarity ensues! :) Another fantastic John Candy film is "Cool Runnings", about the first bobsled team to ever compete in an Olympic Winter Games. Set and filmed in Calgary (with some scenes show in Jamaica), it captures just how fun these guys (in real life) were and how Calgary - and the world - came to love these plucky underdogs. :)
This movie diverted everyone's expectations by not saving the big fight between the two characters for the very end. Instead they get it out of the way early. And then they continue the comedic antics from there.
The car is actually a modified 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town and Country. Judging by the fact this is a reload, I'm guessing this in one of your earlier reactions. This is a comedy classic.
Fun Fact.....I grew up in Western NY. About 25 miles east of Buffalo. A little town named after an Island in Greece. Attica. When they were filming this, there wasn't enough snow in the Chicago area so they moved filming to a little city 10 miles north of Attica called Batavia. All the interstate scenes were filmed there as well as the scene on the bus. One of the people in military attire sitting behind them was a kid from my highschool.
John Candy- Only The Lonely, The Great Outdoors Steve Martin- The Jerk This film is SUCH a heartwarming classic🥰 El Rancho Motel is still there in Gurnee IL. Sevl of the car scenes were filmed in the area (41/(Skokie Hwy, 120, Grand, etc). About 5-6 yrs ago or so they took down the original El Rancho sign & put up a tacky ‘modern’ sign. Noooooooooooooooo!!!! I cried😩🤣😂😡 I’m still trying to figure out why Gurnee IL ever had an El Rancho hotel in the first place🤔😆 Restaurant next to it, Fatman’s (I kid you not) has a decent Fri nt fish fry. A wonderful movie some consider ‘Thanksgiving’ as the setting leads up to Christmas is ‘Lovely Still’. Beautiful. Ellen Burstyn, Martin Landau, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott. Certainly reminds us all to be thankful for the folks in our lives!!! As always- such a fun film ride along; Thank You! Stay safe & love much💖
Hello my friend, I’m delighted you viewed this gem of a film. Such a funny and heartwarming film with an emotional ending which always seems to get me . Bless you John candy who sadly passed away in march 1993.
Just for the people who are reading these comments and have never heard of it, my favorite Thanksgiving movie is called Pieces of April. Another great movie that could possibly be considered a Thanksgiving movie is called In America.
WOOOUUUUAAAAT!?? You didn't recognize Steve Martin or John Candy? Oh, man: SO MANY of their movies you need to watch (Because you are going to LOVE them!): - The Jerk (1979) - The Three Amigos (1986) - Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - Roxanne (1987) - Dirty Rotten Scandals (1988) - Spaceballs (1987) - Cool Runnings (1996) - JFK (1991) ... And so many, many more!!! (But I'll let others recommend their favorites)
My sister and I laughed so much in the theater watching this movie. My movie recommendations: John Candy: Summer Rental (my favorite of John's), Great Outdoors, Cool Runnings, Uncle Buck, Spaceballs, Splash, Stripes, Who's Harry Crumb / Steve Martin: Roxanne (my favorite of Steve's), Housesitter, Three Amigos, All of Me, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
@@AwesomeUSMovies I started wondering if this was a re-release. I just checked and I liked your original upload. Well, excellent reaction ... again. :-)
Going to mention Parenthood again cause m, Steve Martin. It is one of the best movies. I mentioned it in your lost boys review, because of Diane Weist. It also has a really young Keanu Reeves. Very few reactions. Underrated film.
Candy and Martin; both great comedic actors. John Candy, to me, is the all-time best. I know with great certainty that you will absolutely love Uncle Buck. Make sure you catch it soon.
Traveling by train can be quite the adventure. In 2015 I made the solo trip from Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL, and the final stop being NY. I think it was a total of 5 days. Lots of scenery and lots of time to think.
Back in college when I smoked I was riding in my girlfriends car and threw a cigarette out the window and it flew back in, into the back seat. Thankfully it only burned a small hole in her seat and it was a pretty old beat up cat anyway.
So after the car rental scene, I guess we can say Neal doesn't have any fucks left to give. :D This is one of my all time favorite movies. I watch this year round, i love it that much. So many HILARIOUS scenes. I very much enjoy your reactions James, and always look forward to your posts.
Finally! I saw this on my feed and instantly came to comments, without seeing the reaction video. Prove me wrong, you are gonna cry a bit at the end. I'm gonna watch this now...I'll be back. Greetings from Finland. Edit: Yes, just what I expected from you👍👍
I agree with you on New York - though I love and respect the different accents and all so famous sceneries, I'm happy watching NY solely in movies and tv sitcoms!
You might be the single most wholesome RU-vid react-er I've ever seen. I've probably watched a half dozen reactions to this film, and none of them picked up on the truth about Del's wife earlier than you did. You noticed that he never phoned his wife and you remembered what he said about not being home for years. Well done. Now. We need to have a talk. You have GOT to learn who Steve Martin is, who John Candy is, and who John Hughes is. And you might need to learn who Kevin Bacon is, too, since you didn't seem to recognize him, either. (He was the guy who was racing Neal / Steve Martin for the cab early in the movie, and he's a pretty huge movie star.) Find out what "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" means - you'll get a kick out of it. But Hughes, Martin, and Candy are all involved with a massive number of comedy classics. It would take up Way Too Much time and space to discuss all of them here, but you should definitely look into their work. John Hughes was a writer, director, and producer (sometimes just one or two of those things, sometimes all three) and he had a hand in: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, National Lampoon's Vacation, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Home Alone, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and many more. He passed away in 2009 at the age of 59. Steve Martin was a world-class stand-up comic before he broke into films. You should watch The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains, Three Amigos, his brief but memorable role in Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), Roxanne, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (
First, Thank you so much for watching. Second, this was a Re-release so I actually reacted to this movie over a year ago when I only had $1k subs. I've since watched many of the movies you mentioned. Please take some time and go through my movie catalog. I very much appreciate your support.
The big guy is John Candy. You have to watch Uncle Buck if you haven't already. Very funny movie. In the cab scene at the beginning the young guy who steals the cab is Kevin Bacon
Skinny white haired guy, Steve Martin (look up some of his stand-up from decades ago) and the bigger guy is John Candy RIP (1994). You would also love his movie Uncle Buck, also a John Hughs movie, he basically plays the same character.
I know this a re-release, but you know John Candy from Spaceballs and Uncle Buck. If I may recommend a few movies- Sully, Apollo 13 for drama, somewhat recent animations Encanto, The Mitchell’s vs the Machines, and the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy.
You didnt mention it here, but the woman at 11:22 is the same actress who played the woman you described as your favorite character in Ferris Beuhler's Day Off. The actress is Edie McClurg, and shes always fun to see
I have a feeling you're going to become very familiar with both Steve Martin & John Candy on this channel. Watching this movie has been a Thanksgiving routine my entire life. So happy to see it on this channel
You should have recognized John Candy from when you watched Uncle Buck. Steve Martin had many comedic roles. The Jerk, father of the bride series, or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels would be good ones for the channel.
Your reaction at 20:11 is touching. You seem like a nice person. (for some reason, lately I have been categorizing people based on whether or not they cry at that moment (and at the end of shawshank redemption.)
I can't really think of another classic Thanksgiving movie besides this one. However, for comedy value, I'd recommend "Best in Show" from 2000. And it does technically tie in with Thanksgiving in a way - it's a parody of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show that they do every year around Thanksgiving time.
I had to go back and check but you have seen Uncle Buck and John Candy played Uncle Buck so you have seen him before. 😜 Also the gobble gobble gobble lady that Steve Martin did all the swearing at is the receptionist from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Another John Hughes movie you loved. 😉
I loved the react, I knew you would enjoy this one... Id really love to see you do The Great Outdoors with John Candy, I think you would have a great time with that one... Your laugh is contagious!
For more Steve Martin you should watch: *Roxanne,* a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* as a small-time hustler *Leap of Faith* as a Christian faith healer
With Christmas around the corner I'm interested in seeing what you'll be watching. Highly recommend the Grinch w/ Jim Carrey (2000), Christmas with the Kranks (2004), the Santa Claus with Tim Allen (1994), Deck the Halls (2006). I could list a million, but I would absolutely love to see your reaction to the Grinch and the Santa Claus. They are for my a family a must watch every year (the other being Christmas Vacation, which you have already done).
If you ever HAVE to travel by Greyhound Bus, heed my advice: take two small (and not too floofy) pillows. You'll need one for your head, and one for your butt.
Steve Martin and John Candy, two comic legends. Have you seen Uncle Buck? That’s John Candy. I suggest that and also Roxanne, a cute Steve Martin movie.
If you liked this one... you should watch the 1991 movie Dutch for Christmas. I also suggest you seek out John Candy Films As well as Steve Martin They are both superstars.
We haven't done John Candy yet? Hes the big guy. Really need to do a run on John Candy films then. Uncle Buck, Space Balls, wait now that I think of it you've done that right? Stripes with Bill Murray is great. Cool runnings based on the true story of the 1st Olympic Jamaican bobsled team.
@@AwesomeUSMovies you did Stripes? I do t remebr that one. Space Balls I remebered when I typed it. Now that I think about it I remember Cool runnings but they all blend together. Lol
