Anita Morris, Art Evans, Bette Midler
A milestone comedy of the 1980s, Ruthless People delighted critics and audiences alike and set the tone of Hollywood comedies for years to come. Along with that other popular farce about wealth...( read more
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Directed by: Anita Morris, Art Evans, Bette Midler, Bill Pullman, Clarence Felder, Danny DeVito, David Zucker, Helen Slater, J.E. Freeman, Jim Abrahams, Judge Reinhold
Release Date: June 27, 1986
DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002
Stats: 540 reviews
This is one film that can always raise a smile with me. Even now, after all these years, it's still an outrageous, engaging, thoroughly nasty comedy that leaves me in fits of giggles. It has dated quite badly (just check out Sam's house, my god!), but the plot is still as fresh a...( read more)
Some of the greatest movies ever came from the 80's. Some of the worst movies ever came from the 80's. This is one of the bad ones. Bette Midler, ugh!
''So, if I look like his mother and you look like his father, this is what our son would look like. Pretty strong argument for birth control.''A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did
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Funny movie about a rich man's wife who is kidnapped but he doesn't want to pay the ransom money to get her back! The wife then teams up with her kidnappers to fleece her husband. Great cast.
Back in the 80s, studios were bizarrely convinced of Bette Midler's star power...this is probably the least offensive of her offerings, a mildly amusing caper movie in which an amusingly hateful and spoilt Midler is kidnapped by a goody two shoes couple, only to find her spiteful...( read more)
I just laughed all the way through this movie, Bette and Divito play it so well, if your a fan you'll love it.
Very very very funny. Almost peed in my pants the first time I saw it. If you haven't seen it, you must.
An excellent 80's comedy! This one belongs as one of my favourites because it's not your average, run-of-the-mill comedy. The plot has some thoughtful twists that are undeniably well performed and produced.
A great script and a tight cast make this all the more watchabl...( read more)
This movie is one of my favs.. me and my mom would watch this all the time when we caught it on tv.. luvs it..
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