Excess Baggage (1997)

You won't be disappointed!

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Well-built romantic comedy with the gorgeous Alicia Silverstone,despite your partner to be a reasonable actor, as Benicio Del Toro,in the casting have a lot of good names like Walken as unusual character as the good uncle in charge to find out whereabout of the girl and the kidnappers and Sally Kirkland as interesting and funny waitress who gave a clue to Waken without notice,several hilarious moments in total disagreements from IMDB's reviewers!!!!Resume:First watch: 1999 / How many: 3 / Source: Cable-DVD / Rating: 7

Lonely spoiled daughter wants rich daddies attention and in order to get that she fakes a kidnapping. This is what already happens in the first 5 minutes of the movie. After this already bizarre beginning the story unfolds in even more hilarious and unforeseen ways. I love this script!Is it straight comedy? No. But it sure is hilarious at times. Is it a tough heist movie? No.But everything and everybody gets kidnapped and stolen. Is it a romantic comedy? No. But there is some blossoming romance. It is hard to label Excess Baggage, but one thing is for sure it is one of my favorite screenplays. The writer Max Adams is now teaching how to write screenplays to students, but I wish we had been fortunate to see more of her writing gems turned into movies. The acting in Excess Baggage is superdelicious. Everyone is topnotch. But how much words shall I use to describe the brilliantly cool and scary Christopher Walken. His performance alone makes this movie worth watching. But added to that there is the droopy looking Benicio del Toro:Mr cool number 2. This man has got a charisma that lifts up any movie he plays in. Magnificent in "slow" acting. I love that man. All in all Excess Baggage is one lovely piece of superbly written hilarious script, brilliantly performed. Enjoyable from beginning to end. Just great fun!

When I began watching this, I thought it was pretty strange. I wasn't going to sit through the whole thing but I decided to, since I really had nothing else to do, but I'm glad I did. It's pretty different, to say the least. But it left me feeling happy and satisfied.Silverstone's acting, in my opinion, is mediocre. I've never been a big fan of hers. I don't know what it is about her, she just rubs me the wrong way. Del Toro, however, aces it, as per usual. (I love his dark, brooding eyes and the way he mumbles. Maybe it's just me :P )All in all, I recommend it. Even if you're a little skeptical at first, try it out.

Okay, so people might think I'm crazy for voting this 10 out of 10. The usual response and comment everywhere I look seems to be a negative one. But I was sitting here the other night, we just moved into a new house. I love the new environment, and I was ready for the new year. I was up late, as always, and this movie came on TBS. I had just watched Clueless with Alicia in, and I thought if I could stay awake long enough, I would watch this. I love Walken and Silverstone, but had never seen Toro in much. So I started watching it. I thought at first it was funny, hilarious, and enthralling. The way the girl tied herself up and put herself in the trunk, and was extorting her dad for money. I first thought she really wanted the money. Then I figured out it didn't matter, she wanted attention. It was a cry for help. Then I see sexy del Toro steal the car and freak out when he opened the trunk and saw her in there. The scene where Uncle Ray (Walken) saw she framed her fire news article...was hilarious and brilliant. And the scene at Knotty Pines where she said "you don't have to be drunk to kiss me"...and he said "I'm not drunk"...absolutely brilliant. Not too much love scene, then the scene the next morning by the lake was touching. I loved it whenever he's talking to her dad, and he says, "Are you telling me I've only known this girl two days and already I care more about her than you do?" Wonderful. And the scene at the end of the movie...I TOTALLY knew he was in the trunk. And they're sitting there in the trunk and he says "what a view"..she says "What makes it a view?" he says "You" and then Dave Matthews starts playing "Crash Into Me"...perfect song, then he goes to kiss her and he does that "come on, come on, come on, come on, come on" thing...and they close the trunk. Perfect ending. Okay, so I loved the movie. I think that's clear. But if any person watched this and hated it, they need to go back and watch it again without thinking too hard about it. You won't hate it then!