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Something Wild

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Something Wild
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R,1hr 53min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
October 22, 1986
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Distributor:
Orion Pictures Corporation
Starring:
Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta  ...more
Synopsis: A wildly inventive and entertaining comic nightmare from former Roger Corman prodigy Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), this screwball odyssey is a ride to remember. Jeff Daniels plays clean-cut New York bond trader Charlie Driggs, who accepts a ride home from a strange but attractive lower-class woman named Lulu (Melanie Griffith). The sexy Louise Brooks lookalike doesn't take him home, but shanghais him for a bizarre roadtrip to Virginia that includes kinky bondage sex, destruction of property, ... Full Synopsis
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Sheila Benson, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Demme finds haunting overtones in the somewhat old-hat situations of E. Max Frye's first screenplay. Something Wild also has three first-class performances: by Daniels, who seems to have resources that his earlier roles never touched; by electrifying newcomer Ray Liotta, and by Griffith as the maddening, mysterious Lulu. [6 Nov 1986] Full Review
Metascore
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 from metacritic.com
73
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 14 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Jeff Daniels
Charlie Driggs
Melanie Griffith
Audrey 'Lulu' Hankel
Ray Liotta
Ray Sinclair
Margaret Colin
Irene
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