The Daytrippers

The A.V. Club by

Comic-ensemble performance at its darkest.

San Francisco Examiner by Barbara Shulgasser

There is something nicely matter-of-fact about Greg Mottola's family comedy-trauma, The Daytrippers. This first-time writer-director has a breezy way of persuading us that seemingly unrealistic behavior is the most natural in the world.

Newsweek by David Ansen

Thanks to the superb cast and Mottola's deft touch, this modest-looking comedy proves quite memorable.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

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.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

The Daytrippers is at its best using parody to paint an incisively humorous picture of a modern American family. We see here just how dysfunctional the typical nuclear family can be, and that "family values" aren't always the solution. Even though The Daytrippers is played primarily for laughs, there's a lot of truth lurking beneath the comic exterior.

The New York Times by Janet Maslin

The main action of The Daytrippers is bright, real and even poignant enough to make this journey worth the ride.

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

Writer-director Greg Mottola's first feature is a deceptively quiet and funny film that sticks in your memory long after you think you've left the theatre.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

The Daytrippers is low-budget perfection, a comedy without a false note and without a flat joke.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

The Daytrippers has some of the wacky dysfunctional chic that made David O. Russell’s Flirting With Disaster such a grating experience, but writer-director Greg Mottola has a lighter, warmer touch; his characters don’t have to act like pigs in order to prove they’re human.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

The outcome of this journey is going to be predictable and disappointing. Mottola does his best to make the trip itself enjoyable.