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Actors: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ruthless People |
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Sam Stone is a greedy buisnessman. While Stone has all the money he wants, he hates his wife Barbara with a passion but the only reason he sticks around because of she would soon inherit money by her dying dad. Mrs. Stone constantly nags and her irritable behavior is driving her husband up the wall. He also cheats on her with his mistress Carol Dodsworth and has a little plan to kill his wife soon and take all of Barbara's money and live a life of happiness with Dodsworth.
One day Sam comes home and finds out that his wife is nowhere to be found. Until he finds out that she has been kidnapped! The kidnappers happens to be young married couple Ken and Sandy Kessler. They know about Sam and his filthy ways as he took Sandy's spandex miniskirt idea, credit it as his own and made millions off of the clothing while Sandy didn't receive a dime. Ken makes a ransom call to Sam demanding money or else Barbera ends up dead. He also inform Sam not to call the police since the businssman is the reason the Kesslers is in a deep financial loophole.
Of course Sam is very delighted about the news yet tries his best to act as if he is concern about his wife's whereabouts. Also he makes no move to respond to Ken calls because he want his wife dead anyway and out of his life. On the flip side, Barbara is quite umoved by the whole "kidnapping" incident by Ken and Sandy and enjoy her life with them to oppose all the years spent with her money-hungry husband. But Sam should be keeping a eye on Carol since she wants to kill him, take Sam's cash and run off with her hunky boyfriend Earl.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ruthless People |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- married couple fighting
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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