Netflix pick for 7/16/2014 – ‘Dutch’

“Dutch” is one of those John Hughes produced comedies from the 1980s – 1990s (specifically here from 1991) that kind of gets skipped over and forgotten, yet there it was the whole time, this little gem of a movie, just sitting there waiting to be appreciated. Well here we are, folks. Let’s get to appreciatin’.

“Dutch” stars Ed O’Neill, at that time best known for being television’s Al Bundy on “Married… With Children,” as opposed to now in which he is known as that guy who WAS on “Married… With Children” but is now on “Modern Family,” and “Dutch” is pretty much his one starring role, the one time someone gave him the lead of a movie and said “let’s see if this works.”

It was a critical and commercial failure. Ahem.

But now here we are, over twenty years later, and we can see that people in 1991 were just a bunch of dummies who didn’t know a good thing when it was right there in their face. Because “Dutch” is a sweet, well made little movie about a guy trying to impress his girlfriend by being nice to her snobby kid, and we got ourselves a lil road movie that involves fireworks, truck stops and hookers, and who doesn’t like THAT in their movies, plus there are moral lessons and all that other stuff, PLUS this is that rare holiday movie that is centered around Thanksgiving, and all of those things combined make for a nice film, one worth watching and enjoying.

FUN FACT: Didja know that Ed O’Neill has a black belt in Braziliain Jiu-Jitsu? Say whaat?!?

Watch “Dutch” right here on the Netflix Instant and enjoy!