Review: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

       After watching this movie and some careful deliberation, I came to the conclusion that Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a grown-up version of The Breakfast Club. This may seem like an easy comparison because both films were directed by John Hughes, but there is more than a shared director that binds these two films together. On the surface, the films share a similar concept. A group of very different people forced together by circumstances. caused by both their own doing as well as an outside authority, and through their time together they learn valuable life lessons from each other. The group in Automobiles is only two people while there are five main characters in Breakfast Club, but the premise is roughly the same. These films are also similar because they are both considered 80s classics, and while both are considered comedies, the laughs are relatively sparse and separated by moments of melancholy and introspection. If you liked The Breakfast Club, and are looking for a similar movie now that you're out of your awkward, angsty teenage years, check out Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.