Fresh
It begins with a meet-cute and ends with a murder, and sandwiched in between those emotional extremes are romance, regret and revenge.
William Goss, Film.com
Something Wild
Something Different. Something Daring. Something Dangerous.
1986 · 1h 54m · R
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
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Something Wild
Overview
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Demme Director
- Jeff Daniels as Charles Driggs
- Melanie Griffith as Audrey Hankel
- Ray Liotta as Ray Sinclair
- George 'Red' Schwartz as Counter Man
- Margaret Colin as Irene
- Leib Lensky as Frenchy
- Tracey Walter as The Country Squire
- Maggie T. as Country Squire Bulldog
- Sister Carol as Dottie
- Patricia Falkenhain as Charlie's Secretary
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Jonathan Demme's picaresque joyride across the American landscape is still arguably the best thing he's ever done.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Demme observes the human eccentricity that underlies the corner-store banalities of Middle America with warmth and loving detail; while a magnificent rock soundtrack and faultless performances from Daniels, Griffith and Liotta ensure pleasures galore.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
The film's principal difficulty is E. Max Frye's original screenplay, which is better thought out in terms of its narrative than of the characters.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Demme is a master of finding the bizarre in the ordinary.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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