Miami Herald by René Rodríguez

By the time its open-ended conclusion rolls around, you've forgotten you're watching a "comedy." All you can see in front of you are complicated, impetuous real people -- and that's about the biggest compliment any filmmaker could hope for. [06 Feb 1997, p.5F]

The Seattle Times by John Hartl

The young writer-director, Greg Mottola, deals forthrightly with trust and betrayal and the destructive tensions in family relationships, whether they're well-worn or freshly hurtful. But he never loses his sense of perspective or humor, and neither does his cast. [04 Apr 1997]

The A.V. Club

Comic-ensemble performance at its darkest.

The A.V. Club by John Gustafson

Comic-ensemble performance at its darkest.

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.

Newsweek by David Ansen

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

Variety by Emanuel Levy

Greg Mottola's feature directorial debut, is an amusing farce about the delicate intricacies and imbalances of a modern marriage. A spirited cast, including old pros such as Anne Meara and younger talent such as Parker Posey, elevates the basically sitcom material into something fluffier and funnier than its nature suggests.

Empire by Caroline Rees

The Daytrippers is an assured debut which engages the brain as well as tweaking the laughter lines.

Salon by Robin Dougherty

Daytrippers is so well-crafted that you may make it more than halfway through before wondering whether the story will sustain any lasting emotional power. It does -- but not in the way you think it's going to.

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 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.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

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

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.

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.