
The uneventful life of the businessman Charles Driggs suddenly changes when he meets the wild and sexy Lulu. When he accepts her offer to drive him back to his office, she instead takes him out of town and on a trip, leaving behind his old life. Posing as a married couple, Charles and "Audrey" (which turns out to be Lulu's real name) visit her mother and her high school reunion. At this reunion they meet Audrey's violent ex-husband Ray, who has just released from prison. When... (Full plot summary below)
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The uneventful life of the businessman Charles Driggs suddenly changes when he meets the wild and sexy Lulu. When he accepts her offer to drive him back to his office, she instead takes him out of town and on a trip, leaving behind his old life. Posing as a married couple, Charles and "Audrey" (which turns out to be Lulu's real name) visit her mother and her high school reunion. At this reunion they meet Audrey's violent ex-husband Ray, who has just released from prison. When Ray makes it clear that he wants Audrey back, that is when the real trouble begins.
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| Chicago TribuneDave KehrSomething Wild is quite a movie. Demme is a master of finding the bizarre in the ordinary. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottJonathan Demme's picaresque joyride across the American landscape is still arguably the best thing he's ever done. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenCaptures the tension of trying to stand out in cookie-cutter world without alienating everyone around you. |
| PopMattersDavid SanjekDemme never loses sense of his destination and, more the point, is always willing to take a detour, convinced that something unexpected and exhilarating is available at the end of the road. |
| The Film YapNick RogersRadiantly human even as, and after, it erupts in violence and rage, "Something Wild" remains an astonishing rarity - a bittersweet romantic tragicomedy that's generally optimistic ... but also hesitant and harmful exactly where it needs to be. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDemme is a master of finding the bizarre in the ordinary... This is one of those rare movies where the plot seems surprised at what the characters do. |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinA fun, offbeat, and mildly subversive comedy ... with unexpected twists and ... a real sense of danger. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickThe tones shift rampantly, which for some viewers can be disorienting and off-putting. But, if you're in tune with Demme's aesthetic, which usually runs counter to our cinematic intuition, it is a wild ride indeed. |
| Wall Street JournalJulie SalamonConceptually and stylistically compelling under Jonathan Demme's sometimes striking direction. |
| Film.comWilliam GossIt begins with a meet-cute and ends with a murder, and sandwiched in between those emotional extremes are romance, regret and revenge. |