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Romancing the Stone

1984

Robert Zemeckis

Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau ...

6.3

47,876

Adventure. Romance Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner), a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It may have an awkward title, but 'Romancing the Stone' is a silly, high-spirited chase picture (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"An elaborately produced, mostly charmless adventure-comedy (...) The film looks spectacularly expensive, but it has a mind the size of a tsetse fly's"
		John Preston Time Out	"The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts, and the whole thing adds up to rather more concerted fun than Indiana Jones' flab-ridden escapade in the Temple of Doom"

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