Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

MJB784 I really didn't get what was so good about it? How was the first half a comedy? I don't get the joke and the pacing frags. It had some energy towards the end when Liotta breaks in the hotel, but it doesn't make sense why Lulu/Audrey would choose this guy to hang out with her out of the blue when he didn't pay his meal and it ended basically the same way. The writing was abrupt except for the pacing. Bringing Up Baby was a much funnier and crazier version of a man/woman meeting under unusual circumstances leading to a road trip or chaos. It was ok.

Scott LeBrun Jeff Daniels plays Charles Driggs, a straight arrow yuppie who decides one day to skip out on his cheque for lunch. A stranger, "Lulu" (Melanie Griffith), notices this, and correctly surmises that he's a "closet rebel" kind of guy. He's the perfect guy whom she can fit into her plans, so she sort of "abducts" him and makes him pose as her husband. However, the guy whom she is actually still married to, an ex-convict named Ray Sinclair (Ray Liotta, in his breakthrough film performance) shows up, and things take an uglier turn.As written by E. Max Frye and directed by the talented veteran Jonathan Demme, "Something Wild" is engaging for quite a while. It manages to be pretty zany in spirit, and somewhat unpredictable. Daniels, who's often made a career out of playing straight arrow types, and the kooky, delightful Griffith, who sports a brunette wig at first, work decidedly well together. One is amused by their misadventures and wondering what sort of mess that Lulu will next create for Charles. However, the film is somewhat overlong, and changes tone for its second half for a much more conventional narrative of Ray dominating the proceedings and occasionally terrorizing Charles. (Not to mention Charles taking quite a shine to Lulu and refusing to let her go without some sort of fight.)Fortunately, Daniels and Griffith are so utterly engaging that they make this trip worthwhile. Liotta is a powerhouse in the role of the volatile husband; I'm sure that back then, theatre goers and critics alike could see that this guy was going places. Lovely Margaret Colin is good in an underwritten role, and is unceremoniously dropped from the story. One other complaint that this viewer had was that this cast features some top notch character players - Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Robert Ridgely - and director cameos (John Sayles as a motorcycle cop, John Waters as a used car salesman), and then makes such brief use of them. One might wish that they had more to do.The eclectic soundtrack is solid accompaniment for this generally agreeable movie. It may not move that well, but it does come up with some very nice moments along the way.Seven out of 10.

asc85 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.

mevrendi It was a pretty disappointing experience. I guess the director had no clear idea about the story he wants to tell. Female character was described in a quite sloppy way. First she is a self-confident woman who sees no problem in violating all types of norms and rules and then she becomes a woman who is so defensive about many things and almost inert. Her resoluteness and courage go away, and her strong attitude is replaced by a passive one. Meeting with Ray does not seem sufficient to me in explaining the whole transformation. I am also frustrated by Melaine Griffith's acting. I guess she fails to make either sides of her character come alive. She plays both parts in a surprisingly similar way. So much so that, one can easily see the commonalities between Lulu and Tess McGill in the Working Girl, which is another terrible movie of hers.Apart from acting (by the way, i should say that it is not only Griffith; Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta are equally bad in this movie, too) I think there is a bigger problem about the story which in fact makes the acting to appear even worse. I am not sure if Demme's intention was to combine a romantic comedy with a short thriller in order to play with the boundaries of the genre of romantic comedy. If it was his idea, he managed to do it but the result is quite bad. I do not understand the value of cheesy romantic comedies, so I am having difficulties in understanding why it does matter to play push its boundaries. At the end of the day, this movie is a non-entertaining romantic comedy ends with happy-ending with some extra action in the middle.Final remarks on Criterion Collection. I watched this movie mainly because they published it. I usually like the movies in their collection, but this was one of the few movies that disappointed me. My disappointment was bigger probably because my expectations were higher. I will continue watching their movies, I hope I do not bump into a major failure like this any more.