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Romancing the Stone

Play trailer Poster for Romancing the Stone PG Released Mar 30, 1984 1h 45m Adventure Action Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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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Gary Arnold Washington Post The set-up in "Romancing the Stone" is poorly contrived to sustain a chase thriller. Jan 29, 2019 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Alan Jones Starburst 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 Full Review Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast the standard for a romantic adventure Apr 7, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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William B A perfect blend of slapstick comedy, action-packed adventure and fantastical romance Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review alan g One of the best Rom-coms ever. Great acting. Over the top plot. Very romantic for a date night. A movie to fall in love with. My girlfriend (now wife) cried and laughed. A romantic novel come to life. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Michael Douglas
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
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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