"They're the best of friends... And they've got the scars to prove it."

1991

1h 47m

6.5(231 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Adventure

Overview

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ed O'Neill

Dutch Dooley

Ethan Embry

Doyle Standish

JoBeth Williams

Natalie Standish

Christopher McDonald

Reed Standish

Ari Meyers

Brock

E. G. Daily

Hailey

L. Scott Caldwell

Homeless Woman

Kathleen Freeman

Gritzi

Mickey Jones

Truck Driver

Robert Sutherland Telfer

Schoolboy

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Faiman
Written by: John Hughes
Produced by: John Hughes
Richard Vane

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