Hotwriter99
I honestly do not understand why so many hate on this movie so much; it's funny, has a decent amount of action, the right amount of sexiness, and the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Anne Heche is AMAZING! They are great together! You don't see Harrison Ford in that many comedies but he knocked this right out of the park; I laughed at every funny encounter. I will admit, David Schwimmer was my least favorite part of the whole thing; it was like watching Ross from FRIENDS in a feature film. But perhaps that was the point of his comic relief as it does fit with his character fairly well. Regardless, this movie deserves a lot more credit. It's a great movie to watch and you'll laugh, enjoy the suspense, and feel the sexual tension. In my opinion, that's a recipe for a really great movie.
Python Hyena
Six Days, Seven Nights (1998): Dir: Ivan Reitman / Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison: An action centred Swiss Family Robinson catering to romantic thrills and dumb subplots. A long stretch of time between two people whose initial personalities are in conflict while their inner emotions are in total denial. Harrison Ford plays a pilot who spirits David Schwimmer and Anne Heche off to the tropical. In order to match Ford and Heche together the screenwriter concocts a sudden business trip where he must pilot her away but the plane goes down in the heat of a storm. They crash land on an island and bicker back and forth and are chased by pirates. Lame plot doubles back and forth between Ford and Heche and the lame guilt ridden affair David Schwimmer indulges in that nobody cares about. Director Ivan Reitman doesn't clash romance, humour and adventure very successfully, and that is unfortunate since he has directed such superior films as Ghostbusters and Stripes. Ford and Heche are able actors stranded within lame situations that are beneath them. Schwimmer is horrible as the guilt ridden beau who needs another drink after being associated with this junk. Supporting actors fares little better and more or less await for anything to happen. Beautiful photography within a lackluster screenplay that crash lands. Score: 2 / 10
thekarmicnomad
The premise for this movie is so old its worn down to the metal - that doesn't mean this film is automatically going to be bad.However it is.All the elements for success were there; great - well known actors, a beautiful setting and a wedge of money.Unfortunately there is zero chemistry between any of the main players, in fact they seemed positively awkward around each other. So when their relationships and lives slipped I was neither surprised nor interested.Although this is a rom-com I feel the actors didn't really put the effort in. It felt like they were only hanging around for their pay cheque.The camera work and production are very average not even taking advantage of the beautiful surroundings.You know what is going to happen ten minutes before the characters so you have to stifle yawns and nod politely as a story you have heard countless times before is retold - badly.
a-leubecker
This movie is largely remembered somewhat controversially as it was made when Ellen Degenerate came out of the closet and beat us over the head with her gayness. This is relevant because Anne Heche was revealed to be Ellen's Lover and was filming this movie at the time. Weather or not this helped or hindered the movie's popularity, we will never know for sure. As the movie itself is amusing at best, and forgettable at worst.This movie has plenty of comedic moments that are genuinely funny. Harrison Ford has great chemistry with Anne Heche and is clearly enjoying himself on set. Even the dude from Friends wasn't horrible as long as you keep in mind he's essentially playing his character from the show, Friends.The problems with this movie is the pacing and lack of character development. It moves oddly fast. It's called 6 days and 7 nights but they are only stranded for 2 days one one night. Also their romantic motivations are never clearly defined. I won't spoil it for you but I am left wondering why Harrison Ford's character made the decision that he did.In the end it's a mediocre comedy. It's not bad but neither is it good. But largely it's a harmless comedy, reserved for fans of Harrison Ford who just want to see Han Solo Fart around like Captain Ron
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