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Something Wild

Something Wild

Crime · Comedy · Romance · 1986

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.

Movie details

Something Wild

“Something Different. Something Daring. Something Dangerous.”

1986 Crime · Comedy · Romance 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

22K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

92 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

73 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Something Wild?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jonathan Demme

Written by

E. Max Frye

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Charles Driggs

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

Audrey Hankel

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta

Ray Sinclair

G

George 'Red' Schwartz

Counter Man

Margaret Colin

Margaret Colin

Irene

L

Leib Lensky

Frenchy

Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter

The Country Squire

Court is in session

Put Something Wild on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.