Amazon.com video review:
John Candy has one of his finest opportunities in this film by
John Hughes (The
Breakfast Club) about a perpetual screw-up (Candy) who gets
his act together enough to watch over his brother's kids
effectively. The late actor scores big points resurrecting elements of
his more decadent persona from SCTV days, but he also has some
persuasively touching, sentimental moments. Hughes's direction is not
as focused as it was only a few years before, but there's no mistaking
his touch. The DVD
release has a widescreen presentation, production notes,
biographies, Dolby sound, optional Spanish and French soundtracks.
--Tom Keogh
