Planes, Trains and Automobiles for me is nothing short of a classic. It is sentimental yes, but it is also very funny, heartwarming and touching. John Hughes does a great job with the direction, and the film looks beautiful with the cinematography truly lovely especially. The music is a nice touch, while the story is a beautiful and I think heartwarming one and the script is full of funny and poignant parts. Then there is the chemistry between Steve Martin and John Candy. These two are outstanding together, and individually both are wonderful, particularly Candy- to be honest I can imagine very few who can play the role as well as Candy did, he was well and truly one of a kind. Overall, wonderful and a classic. 10/10 Bethany Cox

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES is one of the best American comedies of the 1980s. I say this as somebody who's grown up and loved the film since I was a child. I'm no great fan of John Hughes, but I think this is a clear best for him as director; it's a wonderfully funny film, with great performances, direction, music and script.

Steve Martin - who's never been better as the snarky marketing executive - plays the straight man to John Candy's salesman buffoon, and the comic interplay between these two is great, like a modern-day Laurel and Hardy. The comedy comes thick and fast, mixing situational with extreme humour and slapstick besides, and there's some time for characterisation in there too.

One of my favourite things about this production is that it isn't drenched in a saccharine sweetness as with so many. Sure, there's some poignance here, but when included it's oddly touching and rather moving. The lengthy journey-by-car sequence is the stuff of brilliance.

It's two days before Thanksgiving in a business meeting in NYC. Neal Page (Steve Martin) is rushing to fly back home to Chicago. Right from the beginning, Del Griffith (John Candy) keeps getting into his way. Del is a shower curtain rings traveling salesman. Neal keeps running into Del as they are on the same plane. Bad weather and bad decisions seem to follow them every step of the way.

It starts with a fun little sequence of Kevin Bacon outracing Steve Martin for the cab. Martin and Candy form a great odd-couple. Their chemistry makes this one of the best buddy comedies ever. Both are terrific. The jokes really start hitting when they step into the motel room. John Hughes breaks out of the teen comedy genre with a funny touching movie.