Overview
- Collider reports the comedy is in Pluto’s top ten, ranked #3 behind Twilight and Rush Hour at the time of reporting.
- The John Hughes film starring Steve Martin and John Candy holds a 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
- Avgeekery’s analysis flags multiple real aircraft on screen at St. Louis, including TWA L-1011s, 727s and an MD-80, plus a brief Southwest 737-300 cameo.
- Commentators note Lambert–St. Louis International Airport provides several of the movie’s most recognizable airport sequences.
- Vice recounts Hughes’ own multi-day, weather-snarled trip that he has said inspired a script drafted in a weekend.