Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage (1997)

  • 32% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (26,860 ratings)

In this combination caper comedy and offbeat romance, Emily (Alicia Silverstone) is a wealthy but petulant young woman desperate to get the attention of her millionaire father, Alexander Hope (Jack Thompson). In fact, she's so desperate that she decides to stage her own kidnapping; she sends a… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By
Marco Brambilla
Written By
Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Genres
Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 29, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Feb 3, 1998
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    A good little comedy with a string of winning performances.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Outstays it's welcome after a while, but Silverstone fans will still be in heaven - she's as cute as ever, and as cool as ever.

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Bad romantic comedy

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    a series of flaccid, go-nowhere scenes featuring a sullen Silverstone and the inarticulate Benicio Del Toro...

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    This entertaining drama helps us see that meaningful coincidences join us with the right people just when we need each other the most.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Spoilt brat decides to stage her own kidnap to get her dad's attention.

  • Ginny  


    Fell in love with benicio del toro in this movie. Daaamnnn!! ;D

  • Leigh R


    Funny!

  • Andrew F


    Why does this movie have such a low rating here? Come on, people. It was actually pretty good. The beginning was great... I loved it. The plot was really original, clever, and funny. As it went along, though, it kinda went downhill. Even so, I still enjoyed it.

  • Sunil J


    Oddly sexy considering one of the two in question is Benicio Del Toro.

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