“Ruthless People” is a dark comedy movie about a couple who kidnap their former boss’ wife for revenge and to extort money from him. They soon discover he does not want her and was planning to kill her anyway. The hilarity proceeds from there, from a well written screenplay by Dale Launer and economically directed by the team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker (“Top Secret” 1984).
Actors with excellent comedic skills and talent thrive in this picture, such as Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J. E. Freeman, Gary Riley, and Phyliss Applegate. The mirth and merriment never seems to stop in the watchable “Ruthless People,” successful in theatrical release for Touchstone Films, Silver Screen Partners II, Buena Vista Distribution, and The Walt Disney Company.
Ruthless People (1986)
cinema
My Review
“Ruthless People” is a dark comedy movie about a couple who kidnap their former boss’ wife for revenge and to extort money from him. They soon discover he does not want her and was planning to kill her anyway. The hilarity proceeds from there, from a well written screenplay by Dale Launer and economically directed by the team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker (“Top Secret” 1984).
Actors with excellent comedic skills and talent thrive in this picture, such as Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J. E. Freeman, Gary Riley, and Phyliss Applegate. The mirth and merriment never seems to stop in the watchable “Ruthless People,” successful in theatrical release for Touchstone Films, Silver Screen Partners II, Buena Vista Distribution, and The Walt Disney Company.