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Romancing the Stone (1984)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 106 min · Romance, Comedy, Action, Adventure

44.6 TOPICAL score · #2,320 of 6,776 films

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Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

Romancing the Stone (1984, directed by Robert Zemeckis) has a TOPICAL score of 44.6 - ranked 2,320 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 63. Audiences: TMDB 6.8/10 (2,140 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 44 languages.

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Critics51
Audience53
Awards50
Historical impact72
Lasting engagement73
Cast65
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Michael Douglas (actor #242), Kathleen Turner (actor #560), Danny DeVito (actor #635), Zack Norman

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