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- 1997
- R
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
- 1 h 27 m
- 1997
- R
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
- 1 h 27 m
Summary When a happily married woman discovers a love letter written by her husband to an unknown party, she enlists her dysfunctional family to discover the truth.
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Written By: Greg Mottola
- 1997
- R
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
- 1 h 27 m
- 1997
- R
- Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
- 1 h 27 m
The Daytrippers
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7.8
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Summary When a happily married woman discovers a love letter written by her husband to an unknown party, she enlists her dysfunctional family to discover the truth.
Directed By: Greg Mottola
Written By: Greg Mottola
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
73
94% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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The young writer-director, Greg Mottola, deals forthrightly with trust and betrayal and the destructive tensions in family relationships, whether they're well-worn or freshly hurtful. But he never loses his sense of perspective or humor, and neither does his cast. [04 Apr 1997]
Daytrippers is so well-crafted that you may make it more than halfway through before wondering whether the story will sustain any lasting emotional power. It does -- but not in the way you think it's going to.
When you’re through watching The Daytrippers, you think about its minor imperfections, not because the film’s bad, but because it’s so good.
First-time writer-director Greg Mottola has a real feel for characters, a quality that's in disturbingly short supply among young filmmakers. The Malone family could easily be a one-dimensional collection of sitcom caricatures, but by the movie's end they feel like real people. He also pulls off a tricky shift of tone, from pleasant, mild comedy to something far more bitter and haunting.
The Daytrippers is low-budget perfection, a comedy without a false note and without a flat joke.
Mottola's dysfunctional family comedy is a bit arch, but sometimes sharp. Indie cinema and Neil Simon intersect on the corner of pathos and farce.
The outcome of this journey is going to be predictable and disappointing. Mottola does his best to make the trip itself enjoyable.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Production Company
Alliance Communications Corporation,
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP),
Fiasco Photoplays,
Trick Productions
Release Date Mar 5, 1997
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
Tagline One station wagon. Two generations. Three couples. Four relationships.
Awards
Fantasporto
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
