Absolutely amazing

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

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.

DUTCH, in my opinion, is an excellent comedy about an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and his mother's boyfriend. If you ask me, Doyle (Ethan Randall) was an absolute snob! That kid really need to learn respect! However, in my opinion, every mishap that occurred on his journey home with Dutch (Ed O'Neill) was absolutely hilarious. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that everyone was ideally cast, the direction was flawless, and production design was spectacular, and the performances were top-grade. Now, in conclusion, I highly recommend this comedy about an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and his mother's boyfriend.

First there was Ed O'Neill the dramatic actor, then the comedian and now the star. O'Neill has had a tough time finding new roles that aren't connected with Al Bundy in some way. If you saw the E! True Hollywood Story on MWC you'd know that his scenes were actually re-shot with another actor because the audience couldn't stop saying: "That's Al Bundy!". Here he does an admirable job with basically a decent character but still a few traces of the madness of Bundy. The kid, played by Ethan Randall (Or Embry, whatever) is the most snotty little brat I have ever seen in a movie and according to the trailer he's supposed to be like Bart Simpson. Not true. Bart Simpson occasionally got out of hand but he was kind of decent underneath. Not so with this kid. He is totally rotten and the 180 degree turn he makes at the end is totally unbelievable. He doesn't even seem to care that he almost kills a truck driver at one point. That scene is followed by a slap-sticky fight that tries to imitate the prattfalls of the two burglars in "Home Alone". That undermines the seriousness which have gone before in my opinion.The boy's parents, played by JoBeth Williams and Chris McDonald are only incidental so we don't really know anything about them except that the dad is even meaner than the kid. Because he is so mean, we are supposed to feel sorry for the kid but for that to happen we must first sympathize with him. I couldn't because he is so smarmy all through that the transformation he is supposed to have seems phony. And it's not like some viewers have commented that he needs love. His mother is basically a loving mother. The whole film is about who breaks down first, Dutch or the kid.In Denmark the movie was released under the title "Driving me Crazy" and that is pretty much a description of my state of mind when I watched it. The only reason to see it is because of O'Neill. If you want to see Embry in a more positive light, check out him and O'Neill in the new "Dragnet". You could even tolerate him in "Vegas Vacation" but that was a stinker for another reason. To close I will say that I would like to see O'Neill in the type of role he had on "The Spanish Prisoner". He only had a small part but he made a big impression. His performance here is good but he is undermined by the weakness of the story.

Wow! What a funny film. What I liked about the film was how these two different characters try to get along - both from different backgrounds - be it culturally, economically or living status. The film gets you thinking - can these two people eventually learn to get along, and above all, make it home for Thanksgiving?At first, you think the spoiled rich kid needs a good boot in the bum, but all he needed was someone to talk to and have a shoulder to lean on - his dad had left his mum - a broken family. Towards the end of the film, the divorced dad lets a bomb drop - he wants his ex-wife out of her house (he paid for).I'm from Australia - and this film was titled "Driving Me Crazy". I learned recently that the U.S. called this film "Dutch", named after Ed O'Neill's character Dutch Dooley. No matter where you go in this world, and whoever you may meet, a friendship can develop - don't forget that.If you enjoy this movie, please look at the following buddy - road movies:Midnight Run, The Odd Couple 2, Road Trip, Planes,Trains and Automobiles