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The Daytrippers
The Daytrippers is a 1996 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola in his feature directorial debut. It stars Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Anne Meara, Parker Posey and Liev Schreiber.
In the morning after Thanksgiving, Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a love letter featuring a poem that suggests that her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) is having an affair with a woman named Sandy. She decides to go to New York City and confront him. Her family, including her parents Jim (Pat McNamara) and Rita (Anne Meara), her sister Jo (Parker Posey), and Jo's live-in boyfriend Carl (Liev Schreiber), go along for the ride in the family station wagon from Long Island. During the car ride, Carl talks about the book that he's writing, a surrealist story about a man with a dog's head who uses the fame he gets from his deformity to preach his political beliefs.
Eliza and Rita first try to find Louis at the publishing firm that he works for in the city. Eliza goes to find his boss and while waiting, she runs into Eddie Masler (Campbell Scott), a writer who tells her that the poem featured in the letter is called "The Definition of Love". Louis's boss finally comes to tell her that he's out for the day but that he will be going to a book release party later in the day. Rita then decides to snoop around in his office for evidence and finds a photos of him at a birthday party with a woman. The family find the location of the apartment in the photograph based on a restaurant visible in the background. Also at his desk, Eliza re-dials numbers Louis's desk phone has recently called, and reaches the voicemail for "Sandy and Monica".
They then drive to the apartment in the photograph. Eliza examines the buzzers and sees an apartment listing Sandy and Monica. While waiting, they see Louis and the woman from the picture getting into a cab. They believe the woman is Sandy and try to follow the car, but get stopped at a red light and lose them. Determined to find out what's going on, Rita gets out of the car to chase her down. But she has no luck and ends up passing out on the sidewalk. Carl asks for help to a stranger he sees getting out of the nearest apartment and they decide to help her. The people in the apartment, a father and son, seem nice and help out the family. Rita declares she will make lunch to thank the father and son for their hospitality. While Eliza and the son shop for lunch ingredients, the son tells Eliza separately that his father doesn't pay alimony for his other kids and that he is practically harboring a criminal.
They leave and head to the book release party that Louis is supposed to be at. Carl and Jo go in to look while everyone else stays in the car. At the party, there is no sign of Louis, but the two run into Eddie there. Jo and Eddie get to talking as Carl tries to say hi to a former teacher and without Eddie seem to be attracted to each other. Upon Carl's return, Jo brings up that Carl thinks that America should have an aristocracy instead of a democracy, which Eddie finds idiotic and starts an argument about. Carl and Jo leave the party with no luck of finding Louis, but it turns out that Jo left her bag up in the party, so she goes back to get it. She runs into Eddie again while up there and they kiss. She leaves and find that he left his phone number in her phone book.
After this, they all go back to Sandy’s apartment and Eliza goes in to find a party in progress. While waiting, Jo calls Eddie on a payphone, telling Carl that she's checking her machine. Carl sees this which prompts an argument in which she says that she hates him. At the party, Eliza spots the woman she believes to be Sandy, only to find out that it is Monica. She goes to the roof and sees Louis kissing the real Sandy, who is actually a man. He tries to explain as she storms out and the rest of her family is disgusted upon seeing who Sandy really is. Rita makes Eliza get in the car, but Jim asks what Eliza wants to do, not Rita. They then both tell Rita to shut up. Eliza gets out and argues with Louis, eventually storming off again. Jo chases after her as the rest of the family stays in the car. Jo comforts Eliza and the film closes with them walking off into the city.
The Daytrippers premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 1996 where it won the festival’s first Grand Jury Prize. The film was released in the United States on March 5, 1997. The film opened to 52 theaters and grossed $35,988 in its opening weekend. Overall, the film grossed $2,099,677 domestically. It also received a theatrical release in Australia during October 1997.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 74% based on reviews from 27 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 73% based on reviews from 18 critics.
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The Daytrippers
The Daytrippers is a 1996 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola in his feature directorial debut. It stars Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Anne Meara, Parker Posey and Liev Schreiber.
In the morning after Thanksgiving, Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a love letter featuring a poem that suggests that her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) is having an affair with a woman named Sandy. She decides to go to New York City and confront him. Her family, including her parents Jim (Pat McNamara) and Rita (Anne Meara), her sister Jo (Parker Posey), and Jo's live-in boyfriend Carl (Liev Schreiber), go along for the ride in the family station wagon from Long Island. During the car ride, Carl talks about the book that he's writing, a surrealist story about a man with a dog's head who uses the fame he gets from his deformity to preach his political beliefs.
Eliza and Rita first try to find Louis at the publishing firm that he works for in the city. Eliza goes to find his boss and while waiting, she runs into Eddie Masler (Campbell Scott), a writer who tells her that the poem featured in the letter is called "The Definition of Love". Louis's boss finally comes to tell her that he's out for the day but that he will be going to a book release party later in the day. Rita then decides to snoop around in his office for evidence and finds a photos of him at a birthday party with a woman. The family find the location of the apartment in the photograph based on a restaurant visible in the background. Also at his desk, Eliza re-dials numbers Louis's desk phone has recently called, and reaches the voicemail for "Sandy and Monica".
They then drive to the apartment in the photograph. Eliza examines the buzzers and sees an apartment listing Sandy and Monica. While waiting, they see Louis and the woman from the picture getting into a cab. They believe the woman is Sandy and try to follow the car, but get stopped at a red light and lose them. Determined to find out what's going on, Rita gets out of the car to chase her down. But she has no luck and ends up passing out on the sidewalk. Carl asks for help to a stranger he sees getting out of the nearest apartment and they decide to help her. The people in the apartment, a father and son, seem nice and help out the family. Rita declares she will make lunch to thank the father and son for their hospitality. While Eliza and the son shop for lunch ingredients, the son tells Eliza separately that his father doesn't pay alimony for his other kids and that he is practically harboring a criminal.
They leave and head to the book release party that Louis is supposed to be at. Carl and Jo go in to look while everyone else stays in the car. At the party, there is no sign of Louis, but the two run into Eddie there. Jo and Eddie get to talking as Carl tries to say hi to a former teacher and without Eddie seem to be attracted to each other. Upon Carl's return, Jo brings up that Carl thinks that America should have an aristocracy instead of a democracy, which Eddie finds idiotic and starts an argument about. Carl and Jo leave the party with no luck of finding Louis, but it turns out that Jo left her bag up in the party, so she goes back to get it. She runs into Eddie again while up there and they kiss. She leaves and find that he left his phone number in her phone book.
After this, they all go back to Sandy’s apartment and Eliza goes in to find a party in progress. While waiting, Jo calls Eddie on a payphone, telling Carl that she's checking her machine. Carl sees this which prompts an argument in which she says that she hates him. At the party, Eliza spots the woman she believes to be Sandy, only to find out that it is Monica. She goes to the roof and sees Louis kissing the real Sandy, who is actually a man. He tries to explain as she storms out and the rest of her family is disgusted upon seeing who Sandy really is. Rita makes Eliza get in the car, but Jim asks what Eliza wants to do, not Rita. They then both tell Rita to shut up. Eliza gets out and argues with Louis, eventually storming off again. Jo chases after her as the rest of the family stays in the car. Jo comforts Eliza and the film closes with them walking off into the city.
The Daytrippers premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 1996 where it won the festival’s first Grand Jury Prize. The film was released in the United States on March 5, 1997. The film opened to 52 theaters and grossed $35,988 in its opening weekend. Overall, the film grossed $2,099,677 domestically. It also received a theatrical release in Australia during October 1997.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 74% based on reviews from 27 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 73% based on reviews from 18 critics.