Rated R for language
Starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman
Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
The Story:
Sam Stone (DeVito) is tired of his wife Barbara (Midler). He plans on faking a kidnapping, killing her, and getting all of her fortune to himself. Well, as fate would have it, 2 desperate people (Reinhold/Slater) that Stone wronged years previously have decided to exact revenge by kidnapping Barbara and demanding a ransom. Well, Sam doesn't want her back... and it's time to see who is more ruthless...Sam, or the kidnappers.
Closing in on 30 years, this movie is still flat-out funny from beginning to end.
DeVito is hilariously devilish as the man everyone in the film hates.
The kidnapping seems to be the solution to his problems. He does everything wrong, waiting for the kidnappers to off his wife.
Then in a change of fortune, when Sam becomes suspect # 1 by the police, due to an increasingly bizarre and hilarious series of events, he has no choice but to pay.
And pay big.
This movie is filled with hilarious moments, great performances and just politically incorrect behaviour.
Gotta love the 80s!
Big fan of this film, and the soundtrack to boot, a nice compliment to the movie.
If you've never seen it, or haven't seen it in 30 years, you owe it to yourself to give it a spin (again).
Final Grade: A
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Averages about once a year or so. Love it.
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