Romancing the Stone

PG

Released Mar 30, 1984

1 hr. 45 min.

Adventure

Action

Romance

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86%

57 Reviews

Tomatometer

69%

50,000+ Ratings

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A dowdy romantic-adventure writer is hurled into a real-life adventure in the Colombian jungle in order to save her sister, who will be killed if a treasure map is not delivered to her captors. She is helped out by a brash mercenary, and together they search for the priceless gem located in the map.

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Critics Consensus

Romancing the Stone reaches back to the classic Saturday morning serials of old with an action-filled adventure enlivened by the sparkling chemistry between its well-matched leads.

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alan g

One of the best Rom-coms ever. Great acting. Over the top plot. Very romantic for a date night.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Glen A

From a time when Zemeckis stuck to ageless practical effects, "Romancing the Stone" is still a wonderful movie 40 years later.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Jeffrey P

One of the better action/adventure films of the 1980's, with an authenticity to it that you just don't see anymore... partly because strictly adventure movies just don't exist anymore. I've seen it attempted and adventure films with the opposite sex co-leads and every time it's just not quite on the same level as this.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Jack O

OK let me tell you something about the movie that I like, Michael Douglas is one of my favorite actors. I even watched one of his movies. Kathleen Turner plays a romance novelist who wants to find her sister. Danny DeVito plays a really crooked smuggler. Michael Douglas's character Jack Colton looks just exactly like that guy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. That's unspoken for. Jack and Joan have great chemistry together. The scene is unexpected where Jack has the green emerald in his crotch and he dances to let the emerald scroll down his leg and kicks it in the air to let the bad guy catch it and the crocodile bites his hand off, now that's freaking grim. This is a very underrated film. Just brilliant! Danny DeVito plays Ralph and that guy who plays his mate Ira kidnapped Joan's sister so they can get the stone and the map and if Ralph and Ira can have the map and gem Joan and her sister can go. But they're not the bad guys, they're just crooks. The only villain in this movie is Zolo, he's the one who wants the stone. Remember when I said he got his hand bitten off by a crocodile? Yeah, and like I said ''It's freaking grim.'' I actually took me a while to watch this movie for some reason I have to watch this and the sequel to Romancing the Stone. The story, I know it all the way through. It's fantastic. The characters are well developed. It's just fxxking awesome.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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Nizar N

It's one of the best action movies I've ever seen. Robert Zemeckis treats us to some beautiful scenery with his touch and to gripping scenes. Sure, some of it may seem unrealistic, but Romancing the Stone never ceases to amaze or entertain. I loved watching every part of it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/11/23

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Cees T

Indiana Jones with a confusing plot and more soldiers than tribes. 5/10 - Bad.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/19/23

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Robert Zemeckis

Director

Michael Douglas

Jack T. Colton

Kathleen Turner

Joan Wilder

Danny DeVito

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Zack Norman

Ira

Alfonso Arau

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

The set-up in "Romancing the Stone" is poorly contrived to sustain a chase thriller.

Jan 29, 2019

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Peter Travers

People Magazine

Turner is terrific, Douglas is fine and the action is slam-bang. Add lots of laughs and it all works out just right.

Apr 4, 2014

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Empire Magazine

Douglas and Turner make a great double act in this exuberantly directed adventure movie with a great start turn from the always enjoyable De Vito. Good stuff.

Rated: 4/5

May 6, 2008

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Filmmaker Zemeckis, armed with a screenplay by Diane Thomas, does a terrific job of instantly luring the viewer into the proceedings...

Rated: 3/4

Apr 6, 2024

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Alan Jones

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Romancing the Stone has a lighter touch than Raiders but it is just as romantic and jam packed full of unexpected twists and turns.

Aug 2, 2022

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Rachel Wagner

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the standard for a romantic adventure

Apr 7, 2022

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Synopsis

A dowdy romantic-adventure writer is hurled into a real-life adventure in the Colombian jungle in order to save her sister, who will be killed if a treasure map is not delivered to her captors. She is helped out by a brash mercenary, and together they search for the priceless gem located in the map.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Diane Thomas
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Nina Saxon Film Design
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure, Action, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 1984, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Sound Mix: Surround

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