Alicia I love this movie so much

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Excellent black comedy from the eighties with DeVito and Bete Midler as always are funny,the plot is perfect,the supporting casting is quite good in special way the stupid Bill Pullman and the hampered Judge Reinhold, therefore the main character is heart of the picture Devito as disguised and Midler angry screaming....all the situation is funny especially when the tape is sent to chief of police who is actually the guy with prostitute in the car...all kind of misunderstanding build this movie,the soundtrack fit at the eighties all them made by computer and finally Zucker brothers and Abrahams have a great job really!!

Tweekums Businessman Sam Stone does not like his wife Barbara; he only married her for her money and as the film opens he is telling his mistress Carol that he is going to kill Barbara. When he gets home he is ready to do the deed; the problem is there is no sign of her. The phone then rings… it turns out that Barbara has been kidnapped and the kidnappers want half a million dollars and total secrecy if he is to see her alive. He can't believe his luck and informs the police and media then waits for the kidnappers to keep their promise. It doesn't work out as planned though as the kidnappers aren't the ruthless people they claim to be; they just want the money they think Stone owes them after he stole their idea and made a fortune. In a secondary plot Carol decides to blackmail Sam by filming him dumping the body; of course there is no body but Carol's stupid partner films a couple's rather noisy love making and thinks he is witnessing a murder… Sam enjoys the tape but the police chief doesn't as he is the man in it! As the film progresses the kidnappers lower their demands and Barbara uses her captivity as an opportunity to get fit.The actresses' hairdos may place this film firmly in the eighties but the film hasn't dated. Danny DeVito is great as the poisonous Stone; a character who is as odious as he is hilarious. Bette Midler is equally good as his wife; one can see why he wants her dead as she starts off as unpleasant as him. Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater are both on good form as bumbling kidnappers Ken and Sandy Kessler… the most likable of the protagonists. The laughs are plentiful and the story is entertaining; it is definitely worth watching and although there are a few slightly adult moments it doesn't descend into crudeness.

derry-pt8 "Ruthless People" is a genuinely original farce that kept me laughing to the point of exhaustion. It's masterful how all these characters interweave, creating more and more hilarious subplots. The cast is a tour de force. Danny DeVito gives quite possibly the best comic performance of his career! Bette Midler is also great as his whiny, obnoxious wife. It's good to see Judge Reinhold, who practically disappeared after finishing the "Beverly Hills Cop" flicks. An early performance by Bill Pullman is also worth checking out. I think he's a real cool actor, but he usually plays the same yuppie roles. Here, he plays a dim-witted, trailer-trash airhead and is a delight to watch. There are so many funny moments that will stick in my mind forever, like when the serial killer invades the house. "You look like my mother, I hate my mother." And the confusion that was created with the sex video was absolutely classic. I haven't seen a good comedy in a while, nor have laughed this hard in a while. That's why I was glad to catch this movie on the Starz Network, because it is one of the funniest comedies I've ever seen and nowadays, you ain't gonna see too many good comedies, nor great ones like this. A MUST-SEE!!! My score: 9 (out of 10)

kenjha Before a fortune seeker can carry out his plot to murder his wife, she is kidnapped, leading to hilarious complications. The cast is terrific: Reinhold and Slater as the likable kidnappers, DeVito as the scoundrel of a husband refusing to pay the ransom, Morris as DeVito's double-crossing mistress, and Pullman as the latter's dim-witted boyfriend, "the stupidest person on the face of the earth." However, Midler steals the film as the obnoxious kidnap victim. The "Airplane!" team of Abrahams and Zuckers is in peak form, working with a more clever script than for that earlier hit. It's a breezy mixture of verbal and physical comedy.