Review by sparky182

This is basically Planes, Trains & Automobiles meets Uncle Buck meets Overboard, with a dash of Home Alone thrown in. Ed O'Neill is competent in the "likeable loser" role (see: Al Bundy), but that role really belongs to John Candy (who was in three of the four aforementioned movies) and one can't help but think things might have clicked better here if he were in it. This is a watchable albeit fairly generic film. Part of the problem is that the writers spend too much time emphasizing the stereotypes of the leads (Dutch is a rough-around-the-edges blue collar worker, Doyle is the spoiled, bratty rich kid) at the expense of producing laughs. It probably didn't help matters for Ed O'Neill any that he was essentially upstaged by his Married...With Children co-star Christina Applegate that year as "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead" would fare much better than this. Dutch is a worth a view on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but don't expect anything groundbreaking here.