Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) is a successful young woman working for a women’s lifestyle magazine and she is happy with her long-term boyfriend Frank (David Schwimmer). Frank surprises her with a romantic vacation (6 days, 7 nights) plan and they fly to Tahiti. They need to get on a smaller plane to fly to their destination island. Their pilot is Quinn (Harrison Ford), an older American who couldn’t be more opposite in his manners compared to both Robin and Frank. Their co-pilot is Quinn’s sort of girlfriend, exotic beauty Angelica (Jacqueline Obradors).
Everything is perfect until Robin gets a call from her boss (Allison Janney) They need to have an urgent photo shoot and she has to fly to a nearby island. She makes a deal with Quinn to fly her there. At first the flight is fine and they seem to be getting along. However, a storm hits and damages the plane. Quinn has to land the plane on a remote island where nobody lives. The landing renders the plane useless. Robin’s panic and the differences in their personalities cause a lot of fighting in the beginning. But they realize they need to get along and work together if they want to survive. In the meantime, Frank and Angelica join a rescue search when they hear that Robin and Quinn didn’t make it to their destination.
The time on the island makes Quinn and Robin realize there is more than meets the eye for both of them and they are growingly attracted to each other. Angelica and Frank might also have found an “interesting” way to cope with their disappearance.
This movie is fun. It has comedy, action and romance all at once and each is in the right amount. I am pleasantly surprised by Harrison Ford. Yes, he is a good actor but in everything else that I saw him in, he is always so serious and charismatic. It had never crossed my mind that I’d call a Harrison character fun and cute. So what if an island is a cliché? I don’t care as long as it works and it does. I love adventure romcoms better than regular romantic comedies because they bring a much more entertaining element to the mix. What do we have in this movie? David Schwimmer is acting pretty much like his ever-popular character Friends’ character but it is OK. Ross is funny. There are planes crashing, pirates chasing, bugs and wild animals on the loose and a lot of disasters. The ending is typical but again, I remind you that this is a romantic comedy with action. So lay back and enjoy the film. Made in 1998, directed by Ivan Reitman. Rated 5.6 on IMDB. My vote is at 7. It is mindless entertainment and it is good at it!
Favorite Lines:
Robin: I am so scared.
Quinn: If it makes you feel any better, a little scared myself
Robin: No. No, that doesn’t make me feel better.
Quinn: I thought that was what women wanted.
Robin: What?
Quinn: Men who’re not afraid to cry. Men in touch with their feminine side.
Robin: No, not when we are being chased by pirates.
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Angelica: It’s just that we are going a terrible ordeal. It’s like when after a funeral.
Frank: Yeah?
Angelica: Everybody has sex.
Frank: Not everybody.
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on Quinn’s age:
Robin: You still look good.
Quinn: I still am good.
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on the how-to-excite-men/Cosmopolitan type of articles on her magazine…
Quinn: (amused) For Pete’s sake. 10 ways to light his fire…You know how a woman gets a man excited?
Robin: How?
Quinn: She shows up. That’s it. We are guys. We are easy. Of course for that, you can’t charge 6 bucks an issue.
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