Ruthless People | | Cast : | Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater | | Director : | Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker | | Studio : | Touchstone Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | June 27, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | August 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 03, 2005 | | Summary | Funny stuff | Content
 | A modern, adult version of THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF. Sam Stone (played by Danny DeVito), a big-shot clothing designer, wants to kill his wife (Bette Midler), but she's kidnapped instead. His problems are over, right? Wrong. Stone's girl friend has a blackmail scheme of her own going, which mistakenly involves the chief of police. Things snowball and of course Midler gets her revenge (along with the kidnappers - who are really the good guys just trying to get even with DeVito who stole their clothing idea). It's pretty fast and furious, with some very funny (and some mindless) scenes. Worth a watch. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 21, 2005 | | Summary | A great movie, with non-stop hilarity! | Content
| Sam Stone (played by Danny DeVito), millionaire women's clothing mogul, is tired of his fat, irritating wife Barbara (Bette Midler), and is ready to murder her. But, when he finds out that she has been kidnapped, and will be murdered if anything goes wrong, all of his dreams have come true. Ken Kessler (Judge Rienhold) and his wife Sandy (Helen Slater) were ripped off by Sam, and figure that by kidnapping Barbara, and getting Sam's money that they would be even, but they wouldn't hurt a fly. Sam's mistress Carol (Anita Morris) has a boy toy of her own and wants to get her hands on Sam's money. Also, there's a cold-blooded murderer stalking L.A. and he could be anywhere. Oh oh, this could get complicated...and hilarious!
This is a great movie! Created by Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, this offbeat movie is just as funny as their other hits, Airplane and The Naked Gun, but has a more solid storyline. I loved the characters and the non-stop hilarity, and have watched this movie many times over the years.
Now, I must mention that this movie is rated R for a reason. There are numerous "adult" scenes (though no nudity) and a good deal of swearing. So, if you are going to watch this movie with the whole family, you'll have to stand by the fast forward button.
But, that said this is a great movie, with non-stop hilarity! If you are looking for a side-splitting movie, then look no further. Buy this movie!
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| Rating | | | Date | March 15, 2005 | | Summary | RUTHLESSLY FUNNY | Content
| The AZA express (the Airplane/Naked Gun) team was in full force in this uproarious comedy from the eighties. There are so many hilarious scenes, and the cast performs them with slapstick gusto. Aside from the leading roles helmed by Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, we get great support from Bill Pullman("possibly the most stupid person on earth"); Anita Morris as DeVito's sexy mistress; William B. Schilling as the athletic chief of police; lovely Helen Slater as one of the kidnappers; and even Judge Reinhold (whom I've never really liked that much) is fine as the inept kidnapper. Midler's raving and ranting is worth the price of the movie. A trendsetting comedy, RUTHLESS PEOPLE should leave you in stitches. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 10, 2005 | | Summary | Hilarious!!! | Content
| Non-stop laughs with this movie! Great cast, glued-to-your-seat plot, comedy at it's best! One small word of caution to those with children, contains sexual material and a scene with naked breasts. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 09, 2005 | | Summary | Very Funny, Possibly Danny DeVito's best! | Content
| If you like a silly comedy then you will love ruthless people. This movie is about a wife(Bette Milder) getting kidnapped and her husband(Danny DeVito) not wanting to pay the ransom. The kidnappers treat Bette Milder so good that she loses 20 punds and even has her own tv. Danny DeVito pops the champagne and and sheds tears(of joy). The kidnappers lower the ransom from $500,000 to $10,000. It's a nice light comedy. My dad and I call it the "Headache Cure" |
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