Something Wild/The Mission/Hoosiers/Sky Bandits

Entertaining 80s update of the screwball comedy genre

Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Modine in Married to the Mob (1988)

Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública

Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública (1977)

Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)

Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, and Danielle Darrieux in The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)

Amy Irving and Peter Riegert in Crossing Delancey (1988)

Susan Sarandon, Don Johnson, Jeff Daniels, and Elizabeth Perkins in Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)

Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels in Something Wild (1986)

No, I just like big things between my legs.

Melanie Griffith in Something Wild (1986)

Ray Liotta and Jeff Daniels in Something Wild (1986)

Jeff Daniels

Melanie Griffith

George &apos;Red&apos; Schwartz

E. Max Frye

A free-spirited woman &quot;kidnaps&quot; a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.

Jonathan Demme

Something Wild

Unique, enjoyable black comedy from Johnathan Demme

It&apos;s easy to take actors like Ray Liotta and Jeff Daniels for granted with the benefit of hindsight. Both of them have had ups and (horrible) downs, crossing genres seamlessly or inexplicably. It can also be argued that neither one of them has been more gratifying, more liberated, more, well, wild than in their breakthrough roles in Johnathan Demme&apos;s road movie. With the help of Melanie Griffith&apos;s femme fatale they make a very interesting movie about finding your wild side, but also finding out about the nasty underbelly lurking beneath society&apos;s pickett fences.

After being accused of ripping off a diner, a yuppie accountant named Charles sets off on a wild road trip with the free-spirited Lulu. Along the way she manages to bring out something special in Charlie, accusing him of being a closet rebel. They decide to get themselves in various troublesome situations, like running out on roof-splittingly expensive restaurants. They soon run into trouble, however, when a former love of Lulu&apos;s (or Audrey&apos;s), Ray, turns up at her high school reunion, after what appears to be done time in a jail.

Demme&apos;s film switches from screwball situation comedy to black farce and then to an uncomfortable menace. At times we&apos;re not really sure what this woman wants with Charles, whether she is after money, scheming, or indeed really has fallen for our floppy-haired protagonist. Daniels injects his hapless hero with all the dopey charm and middle-class wit one could ever hope to see in an 80s suit-wearing yuppie. He wants to eschew his suburban divorce style for a rebellious wild-at-heart rebel, and insists upon doing it with the impulsive, slightly reckless, but utterly alluring Lulu. The problem is, when he discovers his wild side, he has to deal with the ensuing problems: He&apos;s just been made Vice-President at his firm - What would his work mates think? How does he deal with the psychotic ex-con boyfriend? Does he really know what this woman wants? He appears, for most of the movie, to be a sap, who could fall for more than he could handle. But coincidentally, he&apos;s a pretty good liar, so maybe he&apos;s no better than the rest of them.

But even if the underlying philosophy doesn&apos;t hit you, then the comedic set-pieces definitely should. One particular scene involving handcuffs, suspenders, a dinky motel and a a phone call to his work office particularly sticks in the mind. It&apos;s not often you get movies like this. Movies that share a good balance between intelligence and farce. How can you go wrong?

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It's easy to take actors like Ray Liotta and Jeff Daniels for granted with the benefit of hindsight. Both of them have had ups and (horrible) downs, crossing genres seamlessly or inexplicably. It can also be argued that neither one of them has been more gratifying, more liberated, more, well, wild than in their breakthrough roles in Johnathan Demme's road movie. With the help of Melanie Griffith's femme fatale they make a very interesting movie about finding your wild side, but also finding out about the nasty underbelly lurking beneath society's pickett fences.

After being accused of ripping off a diner, a yuppie accountant named Charles sets off on a wild road trip with the free-spirited Lulu. Along the way she manages to bring out something special in Charlie, accusing him of being a closet rebel. They decide to get themselves in various troublesome situations, like running out on roof-splittingly expensive restaurants. They soon run into trouble, however, when a former love of Lulu's (or Audrey's), Ray, turns up at her high school reunion, after what appears to be done time in a jail.

Demme's film switches from screwball situation comedy to black farce and then to an uncomfortable menace. At times we're not really sure what this woman wants with Charles, whether she is after money, scheming, or indeed really has fallen for our floppy-haired protagonist. Daniels injects his hapless hero with all the dopey charm and middle-class wit one could ever hope to see in an 80s suit-wearing yuppie. He wants to eschew his suburban divorce style for a rebellious wild-at-heart rebel, and insists upon doing it with the impulsive, slightly reckless, but utterly alluring Lulu. The problem is, when he discovers his wild side, he has to deal with the ensuing problems: He's just been made Vice-President at his firm - What would his work mates think? How does he deal with the psychotic ex-con boyfriend? Does he really know what this woman wants? He appears, for most of the movie, to be a sap, who could fall for more than he could handle. But coincidentally, he's a pretty good liar, so maybe he's no better than the rest of them.

But even if the underlying philosophy doesn't hit you, then the comedic set-pieces definitely should. One particular scene involving handcuffs, suspenders, a dinky motel and a a phone call to his work office particularly sticks in the mind. It's not often you get movies like this. Movies that share a good balance between intelligence and farce. How can you go wrong?

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.

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