I personally thought there was no need for them to have Steve Martin's character cuss up and down to the rental agency clerk, if it wasn't for that scene this movie would've gotten a PG/PG-13 rating and I think this movie was more meant to be a PG/PG-13 rating film than an R rating film.
I do love this movie but I didn't think the F-bomb scene was necessary
You're F*CKED!
shareI'll never understand why this scene is such a big deal as it seems like something that anyone would do in that if it were to happen to you. Steve Martin still gets asked about it today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/11/24/steve-martin-plane-trains-and-automobiles/10717692002/
shareLooking back I realized the "F bomb" scene was necessary because it's the scene where Neal Page finally snaps and loses his cool.
shareIt was over the top and unnecessary...
Which is why the punchline lands perfectly.
When she looks him dead in the eye and says, "You're F'cked" we all laugh because he did go too far and she didn't deserve to be treated like that.
It's great.
Totally agree. This is kind of a kid's movie too, and up until that scene did a great job as a film for everybody. Thankfully, the TV edit version does it justice, and makes it a film for everybody, but I think this was the 1 major blunder, and don't know how it passed screenings, when the film is set out as a family comedy. This 1 scene seems completely out of place in the film, and it's too bad, because all they had to do was replace the expletive with something like "freaking" instead. It doesn't ruin the movie, of course, but I thought it was supposed to be a family comedy, and that detracts from that big time.
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