Movie Information
Overall Rank: 3977
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 67
Theatrical Release Date: 06/27/1986
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
Actors: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill Pullman, Anita Morris
Plot: A heartless business man (DeVito) cheats a couple out of a multi-million
dollar idea. In retaliation, the couple kidnaps his wife (Midler) only to
find that he's glad to be rid of her. -- serioussir
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 08/13/2021
Funny black comedy about a kidnapping plot not quite going as planned.
Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/26/2019
The best Coen brothers comedy the Coen brothers never made. "Ruthless People" is a laugh per minute crime caper.
Rating of
2/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/08/2012
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 husband Danny DeVito unsurprisingly doesn't want her back.
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