Dutch

Dutch is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Faiman and written by John Hughes.

The film stars Ed O'Neill (from the TV series "Married With Children"), JoBeth Williams (of "Poltergeist" fame) and Ethan Embry.

Plot
Working-class good guy Dutch Dooley (Ed O'Neill) is currently the boyfriend of Natalie Standish (JoBeth Williams), a wealthy, snobbish ex-wife of a tycoon (Christopher McDonald).

In order to get to know Natalie's 12-year-old son, Doyle (Ethan Embry), Dutch volunteers to pick him up from his boarding school for Thanksgiving, but later learns that Doyle is not a pleasant child.

Cast

 * Ed O'Neill as Dutch Dooley
 * Ethan Embry as Doyle Standish
 * JoBeth Williams as Natalie Standish
 * Christopher McDonald as Reed Standish
 * E.G. Daily as Hailey
 * Ari Meyers as Brock
 * L. Scott Caldwell as Homeless Woman
 * Kathleen Freeman as Gritzi
 * Arnold Palmer as himself

Box Office
"Dutch" opened at #10 at the box office, grossing $1,867,201 during its opening weekend. It grossed less than $5 million compared to the film's $17 million budget.

Critical Reception
"Dutch" received extremely poor reviews from critics, where it has a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 3.7 out of 10 from 21 reviews.

Roger Ebert gave the film a two in a half stars rating, saying: "You've got to give John Hughes a certain amount of credit. At least when he makes a formula picture, he's following his own formula. Hughes is the poet of the colorful domestic crisis, of the movie where typical Americans do typical things in typical places while learning to be better people than they were at the beginning of the film. Hughes has written, directed and/or produced so many of these films by now that perhaps we can even forgive him for beginning to repeat himself."

Marc Savlov from the Austin Chronicle said the film was "simply a tired, predictable retread of plot snippets and hollow characters from previous Hughes productions."