Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

In this classic John Hughes comedy from the 80s, circumstances throw together an odd couple - a permed and incessantly jovial shower ring salesman (John Candy in a role that would be played these days by Melissa McCarthy) and an uptight and incessantly grumpy marketing executive (Steve Martin...(who, Ben Stiller? Sandra Bullock?)) - on a trip across America via planes, trains, and automobiles.

★★★★☆

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Gran Torino (2008)

The world adored this movie about a grumpy Korean War veteran living next door to a family of Hmong immigrants but I thought it resembled a well-intentioned but dramatically flat community service announcement - and a badly edited one at that. 

★☆☆☆☆

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