A movie that explores one of my greatest fears: having no cash at a restaurant that doesn't take credit cards

better to be a live dog than a dead lion

makes a really compelling case for bringing some rando normie with me to my high school reunion

Never go with Ray Liotta to a second location.

Three reasons:

1. Ray Liotta: underrated kicker of the silver screen.

2. I would have gone to my 10 year reunion if The Feelies were playing.

3. All the ordinary people that populate this world.

If I could go back in time, I would arrange to see this in, say, 1991, when I was 17, so it could blow my mind and forever become a favorite. Like Hollywood funded a Jarmusch adaptation of Wedekind's Lulu plays. Twenty some years too late, but still a joy. The pleasures of the film at this late date are as much about the experience of watching it as it is the film itself. The fact of Melanie Griffith - startling in her youthful beauty and her raw, instinctive talent. Liotta giving the ur-Liotta performance - menacing and charismatic and hilarious. Daniels so sincere and so damn likable. The transition to the closing credits sequence is maybe one of the most perfect and glorious things ever. Demme. What a fascinating cat. And even streaming on Netflix, you just get woozy with the celluloid look of the thing. A treasure.

Masterpiece. Definite example of “offbeat” cinema with Demme finding his narrative voice and Griffith & Daniels creating THE couple of the 80’s (sorry Nora). 
Ray Liotta’s first and most terrifying role.
Also: shot near my childhood hometown in Long Island!
To me? A perfect film.

"Then this is the stuff you drink for a hangover."

This has Demme checking off every commercial box he had to - there's a milquetoast hero, a manic pixie dream girl, a psycho villain, fights, redemption, thrills, spills, chills - but it's like he's using weird (wild?)-shaped checkmarks nobody else ever thought of before.

Ray Liotta's performance here is why acting was invented.

Reminded me of a rom-com Collateral oddly enough (light on the comedy--especially in the latter half).

Margaret Colin deserves way more praise than she ever got.

I viewed this film via Blu-ray.

Thirty minutes into Something Wild, I was honestly wondering why so many people had recommended the film to me, because I wasn't getting into it at all. Thankfully, that all changed right around the time Aubrey's mom is introduced and Something Wild becomes super charming. The tonal shift around the midway point is great and effective and the finale actually managed to shock me.

I really liked this, and I feel confident that I'll enjoy it even more upon subsequent viewings.

Another perfect movie from the 80s. Realistic and grounded in its presentation. Freaking love Ray Liotta In This. One of the best romantic movies ever.

Rewatched in preparation for a multi-state single day road trip...and it worked!

this is actually a masterpiece. every single one of jeff daniels’ outfits, the slow motion, score…ray liotta “hiya charlie” jump scare? please!

holy FUCK this good movie is so good

Title checks out.

Film başladığında Chungking Express izlerken yaşadığım şeyi yaşadım. Başlangıcı o kadar mükemmeldi ki, beni resmen ekrana kilitledi. Fakat maalesef ikinci yarısında düşüş gösterdi, istemediğim bir yere evrildi film. Yani gerçek anlamda film Chungking Express kopyası gibi. Bu beni cidden üzdü, çok büyük potansiyel kaçmış. İlk yarısının ve şahane müziklerinin hatrına 7 veriyorum..

I haven’t heard people yell “Charlie” this much since I saw the Pope of Greenwich Village

It was alright, Thought it would be better.

What a journey. What energy. That Jonathan Demme sure could direct a movie.