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Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone (1984)

She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.

Release:1984
Runtime:1h 46m
Country:United States
Director:Robert Zemeckis
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureComedy
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Keywords

AirplaneSmuggling ContrabandChaseKidnappingCrocodileAnti HeroTreasure HuntTreasure Map
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Romancing the Stone rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.9/10· 111K votes
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic63%
TMDb6.769/10· 2K votes

With 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.9/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Romancing the Stone

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.

Cast of Romancing the Stone

  • Michael Douglas

    Michael Douglas

    as Jack T. Colton

  • Kathleen Turner

    Kathleen Turner

    as Joan Wilder

  • Danny DeVito

    Danny DeVito

    as Ralph

  • Zack Norman

    Zack Norman

    as Ira

  • Alfonso Arau

    Alfonso Arau

    as Juan

  • Manuel Ojeda

    Manuel Ojeda

    as Zolo

  • Holland Taylor

    Holland Taylor

    as Gloria

  • Mary Ellen Trainor

    Mary Ellen Trainor

    as Elaine

  • Eve Smith

    Eve Smith

    as Mrs. Irwin

  • Joe Nesnow

    Joe Nesnow

    as Super

  • José Chávez

    José Chávez

    as Santos

  • Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

    Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

    as Hefty Woman

Romancing the Stone facts

Budget
$10M
Box office
$86.6M
Collection
Romancing the Stone Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Adventure comedy pairs expertly with unexpected romance subplot
  • •Zemeckis crafts witty banter between mismatched protagonists
  • •Action sequences maintain brisk pacing and comic timing

What the audience disliked

  • •Archaeology elements serve plot convenience rather than depth
  • •Some character arcs feel abandoned midway through narrative
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