Something Wild

About Something Wild

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

Jonathan Demme's Something Wild is a 1986 comedy crime film. Its themes are chase, travel, stabbing, and handcuffs.

Jeff Daniels appears as Charles Driggs, Melanie Griffith as Audrey Hankel, Ray Liotta as Ray Sinclair, and George 'Red' Schwartz as Counter Man. At 114 minutes long, it arrived in November 1986.

The screenplay is by E. Max Frye. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), A Clockwork Orange, and American Psycho make useful companions to Something Wild, all filed under dark comedy and police. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 428 votes and it carries a R rating.