Too many fans seem to be blown away

Some things I liked some I did not.

One of my all time favorites.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A free-spirited woman (Melanie Griffith) "kidnaps" a yuppie (Jeff Daniels) for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband (Ray Liotta) shows up.Ray Liotta is the saving grace of this film. I am not sure how he got typecast as thugs over the course of his career, but he is awfully good at playing them, here included. He saves the film, because Jeff Daniels really offers nothing special. I don't tend to think of him as a great actor, though he has his moments ("Escanaba")... and this is not one of them.Then there is Melanie Griffith, who seems to enjoy playing prostitutes in movies and getting naked as often as possible. I shouldn't complain about that, but she's nothing special as an actress. Have I said "nothing special" too many times? Well, that is how I feel about this.

Excellent film. I loved the chemistry between Charlie (Jeff Daniels) and Ray (Ray liotta) in the film. It really showed off the talents of Ray Liotta as the psychotic ex boyfriend of Melanie griffiths character. I think this is the film that got him noticed for being castes as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas' which really kind of made his career in Acting. I thought Jeff Daniels was also really good, as you should have won an award for 'Scared shitless' performance. The whole cast was very believable, and a very gripping storyline thrown in with it. Something wild is definitely a film to go and see if you haven't' it's directed by Jonathon Demme (director of Silence of the lambs) A bit of trivia here, the sequel to silence of the lambs was 'Hannibal' which also starred Ray Liotta, and this was the director of silence of the lambs which also starred Ray in his debut film. Highly recommend seeing this if you haven't' it is very underrated and you don't really hear about it these days.

This exhilarating comedy thriller about a straight-laced businessman who gets kidnapped, seduced and corrupted by a sexy stranger is fast-moving, offbeat and quite subversive. It's great fun to see how quickly the guy's latent rebelliousness gets liberated by being exposed to some wild, reckless and impulsive behaviour, but everything has its price and soon it becomes apparent that his pursuit of freedom is taking him ever deeper into the dark side.Charlie Driggs (Jeff Daniels) is an uptight yuppie who walks out of a New York diner without paying and out on the street, gets challenged about his actions by a young woman called Lulu (Melanie Griffith). He's relieved when he realises that she doesn't work at the diner but was simply a customer who saw what he did. He accepts her offer of a lift back to his office but she immediately sets off on a high-speed joyride, throws his pager out of the window and drinks at the wheel. She persuades him to share some booze with her en route and then drives to a cheap motel where she handcuffs Charlie to a bed and seduces him.After Charlie contacts his boss to make his excuses for not being at work, the couple continue their carefree journey and Lulu sets Charlie up to leave another restaurant without paying before taking him to visit her mother, Peaches (Dana Preu). Lulu confesses that her real name is Audrey and Charlie plays along when she says that he's her new husband. Audrey's change of name coincides with a remarkable physical transformation as she goes from being a brunette bedecked in lots of colourful jewellery to a blonde who's dressed far more conventionally.All the lying they did when they visited Peaches continues when the couple go to Audrey's high school reunion and share an invented history of their time together with some of Audrey's contemporaries. The whole mood changes dramatically, however, when Audrey's husband Ray (Ray Liotta) appears. He's a violent criminal who's recently been released from prison and is clearly not happy when he sees Audrey with Charlie. The events that follow gradually lead from a violent crime spree to numerous other unpredictable developments that becomes increasingly dangerous for everyone involved."Something Wild" is an extraordinary and highly unconventional movie with a plot which follows a trajectory that no-one could reasonably predict from what happens in the opening scene. Its wonderful combination of comedy, romance and violent crime creates situations where the atmosphere changes drastically at various points and the fact that these changes take place so naturally and logically is obviously attributable to the considerable skill of director Jonathan Demme and the excellent performances from Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels who reflect so seamlessly the changes that their characters go through. Ray Liotta is also fantastic as Audrey's psychotic husband who's actually even scarier when he's being charming because the sheer strength of his innate rage is always so visible.This movie's refreshing originality and unpredictability combined with its humour, terrific music and marvellous characters make it highly enjoyable and truly exceptional.

After seeing this movie on my VCR after it came out, I'm not surprised this film failed to find its movie-going audience. It's simply a very difficult movie to classify, which is why I liked it so much, and why I applaud what Demme did in this film. It starts out as a screwball comedy, with very hip and funny lines. But once the Ray Liotta character is introduced, it becomes very dark, chilling, and scary. How many films have EVER been successfully made like this? Not very many. I always found "Heathers" to be somewhat similar to "Something Wild" in this regard, but "Heathers" is not as good as this one.The characters in "Something Wild" are extremely well-written, especially Jeff Daniels, who likes to call people by the name on their name tags. Melanie Griffith is both sexy and hilarious, and Ray Liotta is scary! All in all, if you haven't seen this movie, it's worth watching although it is also a shock to the system.