I beg to differ when I hear Kathleen Turner saying that she never should have accepted the role of Joan Wilder. She is fantastic in this movie, and it is a pleasure to watch her go from mousy romance novelist to a woman who can handle herself surprisingly to everybody else in the jungles of Columbia. When she goes there to aide her kidnapped sister, she finds more than she bargained for thanks to her association with adventurer Michael Douglas who saves her from being robbed by the man responsible for her sister's kidnapping.
Turner and Douglas fly down mud slides while she attempts to cross a faulty old bridge and swings the rest of the way across and later bleeds over a pit of hungry alligators. Douglas, initially annoyed by her seeming incompetence, quickly discovers that she learns quickly on her own, and just the dropping of her name alone saves them from being killed. Chasing them is the buffoonish Danny DeVito, working for a secret boss, and the exact kind of imbecile Douglas thought Turner was.
This adventure comedy romance is a shear delight from start to finish, and shows why Turner dominated the 1980's as the most successful female movie star at the box office. It tops the same year's Indiana Jones sequel in thrills and is a much better movie without being gross or headache inducing. Turner's character makes a great turn around, and her character is quite the antithesis of "Body Heat's" Maddie Walker. This is the type of film that you can watch over and over and find new thrills each time. The terrific Holland Taylor adds her usual delicious snark as Turner's agent and confidante.
Turner and Douglas fly down mud slides while she attempts to cross a faulty old bridge and swings the rest of the way across and later bleeds over a pit of hungry alligators. Douglas, initially annoyed by her seeming incompetence, quickly discovers that she learns quickly on her own, and just the dropping of her name alone saves them from being killed. Chasing them is the buffoonish Danny DeVito, working for a secret boss, and the exact kind of imbecile Douglas thought Turner was.
This adventure comedy romance is a shear delight from start to finish, and shows why Turner dominated the 1980's as the most successful female movie star at the box office. It tops the same year's Indiana Jones sequel in thrills and is a much better movie without being gross or headache inducing. Turner's character makes a great turn around, and her character is quite the antithesis of "Body Heat's" Maddie Walker. This is the type of film that you can watch over and over and find new thrills each time. The terrific Holland Taylor adds her usual delicious snark as Turner's agent and confidante.