Romancing the Stone
The movie follows Joan Wilder, a lonely romance novelist in New York City as she flies to South America where she must trek through the Colombian jungle with a fortune-hunting mercenary in search of her missing sister.
31 August 1905, DeLand, Florida, USA
19 June 1954, Springfield, Missouri, USA
4 November 1946, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
19 April 1928, Havana, Cuba
2 October 1957, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
25 January 1926, Texas, USA
14 January 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 September 1944, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
17 November 1944, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
8 July 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 November 1936, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
13 March 1929, San Diego de La Union, Guanajuato, Mexico
11 January 1932, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
8 August 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
12 June 1916, Mexico
2 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
March 31, 2014
This may be a lark, but grown-ups need those too and the lack of pandering to teenage sensibilities helps it stand apart from other adventure films of the era.
February 06, 2008
Director Robert Zemeckis displays such dazzling cinematic know-how that it's genuinely depressing when this 1984 film falls off into the usual self-ridicule.
April 04, 2014
The filmmakers have devised some clever twists on the earlier films they recall, and they reserve a good share of the derring-do for their heroine, who's a refreshingly far cry from the helpless ladies-in-distress of old.
January 02, 2011
Action, romance, sharp dialog; best for teens.
April 04, 2014
Turner is terrific, Douglas is fine and the action is slam-bang. Add lots of laughs and it all works out just right.
February 06, 2008
Turner is like a lot of unwitting screen heroines ahead of her, guaranteed that her drab existence is about to be transformed -- probably by a man, preferably handsome and adventurous.
June 24, 2006
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.
April 04, 2014
In this cracking jungle-set treasure hunt, director Robert Zemeckis spices up a deliberately old-fashioned matinée adventure with tongue-in-cheek gags, unpredictably clever touches and top-of-the-range action.
June 29, 2010
A grand example of the rarest combination of adventure, humor, and sexual chemistry which all crackle along with abandon.
May 20, 2003
An elaborately produced, mostly charmless adventure-comedy that intends to make fun of a kind of romantic fiction that's one step removed from what the movie is all about.
July 14, 2010
Between Michael Douglas' mullet, a synthesizer heavy score, and Kathleen Turner shining in her blink and you missed it prime, Zemeckis' movie is truly time capsule worthy.
October 23, 2004
After all the Raiders rip-offs, it's fun to find an adventure film that deserves the comparison, that has the same spirit and sense of humor.
