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Dutch

Dutch

Comedy · Drama · 1991

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

Movie details

Dutch

“They're the best of friends... And they've got the scars to prove it.”

1991 Comedy · Drama 1h 47m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Faiman

Written by

John Hughes

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

Dutch Dooley

Ethan Embry

Ethan Embry

Doyle Standish

JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Natalie Standish

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Reed Standish

Ari Meyers

Ari Meyers

Brock

E. G. Daily

E. G. Daily

Hailey

L. Scott Caldwell

L. Scott Caldwell

Homeless Woman

Court is in session

Put Dutch on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.