Ms. Heche and Mr. Ford make an appealing, wisecracking team, and they look comfortable with the rugged demands of their roles.
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Part of what's so entertaining about Six Days, Seven Nights is the way Reitman happily mixes all the conventions of the stranded-on-an-island motif -- unpleasant encounters with creepy-crawly nature, the building of stuff out of bamboo and found objects, the first kiss in paradise.
70
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Mostly it's an overearnest examination of emotional and sexual fidelity.
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's the kind of movie that provides diversion for the idle channel-surfer but isn't worth a trip to the theater. A lot of it seems cobbled together out of spare parts.
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
This fluffy escape flick, directed by Ivan Reitman, is a TV sitcom plot grafted onto a travel brochure.
63
USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
Glorious picture-postcard photography. [10 July 1998, p.8E]
50
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Aside from Heche, who is a quick, witty actress, the film seems to reside in a bizarre time warp of bad seventies comedy, complete with retrograde ethnic stereotypes and huge, jiggling breasts.
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
All that's missing from Ivan Reitman's Six Days, Seven Nights is a plot with a moment's originality.
40
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
When the danger subsides and the sparkless romance returns to the foreground, the vehicle comes sputtering back to earth with a thud, weighed down by the inertia of its leaden leading lady.