Synopsis
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
Ruthless People
1986 Directed by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams …
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Danny DeVito Bette Midler Judge Reinhold Helen Slater Anita Morris Bill Pullman William G. Schilling Art Evans Clarence Felder J.E. Freeman Gary Riley Frank Sivero Phyllis Applegate Jeannine Bisignano J.P. Bumstead Jon Cutler Susan Marie Snyder Jim Doughan Christopher J. Keene Henry Noguchi Arnold F. Turner Bob Tzudiker Charles A. Vanegas Louise Yaffe Janet Rotblatt Charlotte Zucker Art Bonilla Rick DeReyes Mie Hunt Show All…
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Samuel C. Crutcher Charles L. Campbell Louis L. Edemann Rick Kline Donald O. Mitchell Kevin O’Connell Chuck Neely Mike Dobie Larry Carow
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Alternative Titles
Por Favor Matem Minha Mulher, Безмилостни хора, Bezcitní lidé, Hvem snører hvem?, Die unglaubliche Entführung der verrückten Mrs. Stone, Σας Παρακαλώ, Σκοτώστε τη Γυναίκα μου, ¡Por favor, maten a mi mujer!, Por fin me la quité de encima, Y a-t-il quelqu'un pour tuer ma femme ?, חטיפה נעימה, Nemilosrdni, Borzasztó emberek, Per favore, ammazzatemi mia moglie, 골치 아픈 여자, Uten skrupler, Por Favor, Matem Minha Mulher, Безжалостные люди, Немилосрдни, Hjärtlösa typer, Karımı Kaçırdılar, Безжальні люди
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"Did you just shoot at me?"
"No, you moron! There's police all over the place! Hundreds of them!"
"Do I look that stupid?"
"Yes, you do!"An even more gripping martial kidnapping thriller than Gone Girl.
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Being an avid fan of the team known as ZAZ, who brought us classic spoof films like "Airplane!", when I heard that this film had also been written by the mind that gave us Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the brilliant My Cousin Vinny many years later, I was very intrigued.
There's no doubt this is a Dale Launer movie, and even something that DeVito would do, but Zucker and Abrams' trademarks are scarcely apparent in certain scenes, such as the fitness video and the ending, which made me wonder why they were even brought on board. It's not that they did a poor job, but it's just that when you watch a film with this team, you tend to have…
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Look folks. I think this might be the greatest movie of all time. I saw it a million times as a kid and just rewatched. I can confidently say it’s one of the best ever made.
Written by the guy who wrote My Cousin Vinny and directed by the Zucker brothers.... who could ask for anything more? Danny Devito? Bette Midler?????? Judge Reinhold?!!?!! Every shot a painting. The lighting is incredible. THEME SONG BY MICK JAGGER. This is the first time I’ve been earnest on Letterboxd. Sue me!!!!!!!!!
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"I've been kidnapped by K-Mart!"
A constantly evolving crime comedy with an aces cast and hilarious one-liners. Bill Pullman is intensely stupid and might just be the Secret MVP here.
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Screwball comedies work in every era. Bathing them in memphis design doesn’t hurt.
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Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) seems to have it made. He's made millions of dollars in the fashion industry (he's considered the Spandex Miniskirt King), he's on the covers of magazines, he's got the world by the tail.
But he can't stand his wife, Barbara (Bette Midler) who he initially married for her father's money. But he got tired of waiting for the old bastard to croak, so he went out and made his own fortune. But he still wants Barbara's, so he can't divorce her and run off with his mistress Carol (Anita Morris) so he really only sees one solution: he's got to kill Barbara.
He goes home with a bottle of Chloroform, intent on knocking her out and…
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Featuring a bleached blonde Bill Pullman pleasing a lady with a dust buster.
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Ken Kessler: I mean, what the hell's the point of being a decent person when no one is? Let's be assholes and get rich!
This is a very funny comedy and I am glad that I randomly came across it.
The movie follows a rich guy, who is an asshole that plans on killing his wife to get rid of her, but when he finally decides to do it, she has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand money or they will kill her, which is great news for him, but they are apparently not the only ones trying to scam him.
It was a fun premise and it was also executed very well, since they all played assholes so funny and… -
when Barbara ran off with Ken and Sandy i cried and laughed. i also clapped. this was great.
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The 80s Christmas 2: The Sequel
The first five minutes of Ruthless People are the 80siest thing ever.
Starting with the garish opening titles and then opening up to the interior of Danny DeVito and Bette Midler's house, it's some start. The rest of the film isn't far off the mark in that regard either (as you can see from what Midler is wearing in the poster), and the soundtrack only backs that up.
Ruthless People isn't as dark a black comedy as The War Of The Roses, it's more of a crime comedy than anything. There was the feeling throughout that Abrahams-Zucker-Zucker were trying a bit too much with the plot and were trying to be a bit too…
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