IMDb plot summary: To get to know his girlfriend's son, a working-class good guy volunteers to pick him up from his prep school, only to learn that he isn't the nicest young man.
Directed by Peter Faiman. Stars Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, and JoBeth Williams.
Dutch stars Ed O'Neill as a man dating a divorced woman, and he offers to drive her spoiled son (played by Ethan Randall) home from boarding school for break, to let the two of them bond. Road trip hijinks ensue as the two constantly try to gain the upper hand over the other. This film is written by John Hughes, and when his films work, it's because he engenders empathy for his characters and helps us root for them, but that's nowhere to be found here. I suspect I'm meant to feel a stronger sense of karma as the spoiled kid gets what he "deserves," but he's just a hurting kid, not villainous enough for me to get a kick out of his comeuppance. There aren't a lot of laughs here and even less heart. This is one of the lower points in my Hughes filmography challenge. It's not a particularly long movie, but I felt like I was watching it for decades, because it was so unenjoyable.
🎥 Dutch (1991)
📊 Ranked #3596/4201 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 14
lost to How I Live Now (held at #2099)
lost to The Disappearance of Alice Creed (held at #3153)
beat Father Brown (#3679 → #3680)
lost to Pinocchio (held at #3415)
lost to Freaky Friday (held at #3549)
beat You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (#3614 → #3615)
lost to The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (held at #3581)
beat Premonition (#3597 → #3598)
lost to Robin Hood: Men in Tights (held at #3589)
lost to Weekend (held at #3593)
lost to The Formula (held at #3595)
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