Excess Baggage
Starring:Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro, Christopher Walken, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Turturro, Sally Kirkland, Michael Bowen, Leland Orser, Robert Wisden, Harry Connick Jr., Hiro Kanagawa, Brendan Beiser, Demetri Goritsas, Jorge Vargas, Danielle Saklofsky, Stacy Grant, Callum Keith Rennie, Carrie Cain-Sparks, Nicole Parker, Bill Croft
Director: Marco Brambilla
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD
Editorial Review:
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Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr.) has misplaced $200,000 of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. This one is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. --Jeff Shannon
Average customer rating:
- i love bdt
- Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy
- A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie
- WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen
- CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS
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Excess Baggage
Starring: Alicia Silverstone , Benicio Del Toro , Christopher Walken , Jack Thompson , and Nicholas Turturro
Director: Marco Brambilla
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: 0767806824
Release Date: 1998-02-04 |
Amazon.com
Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr.) has misplaced $200,000 of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. This one is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
i love bdt.......2006-06-22
The movie was only strictly likeable and a lot of thanx to BDT for that.though he was very convincing as the hapless car thief there was a lot amiss about silverstone's character.
The movie manages to stand on a very tepid and weak script and the climax is a damp squib.
watch it only for BDT.He will completely blow u off.
Cheers!
Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy.......2005-09-23
This one outdid my expectations by quite a bit. Alicia Silverstone stars as a teenage girl looking for more attention from her father, who tries to get it by locking herself in a car trunk and faking her own kidnapping. Her plans go somewhat awry when the car is stolen for real. The blueprint of this sounds like it could have gone sour very easily; the girl could have come off as very unlikable although that seemed much less of a probability with the charming Silverstone playing her, in full 'cute-and-feisty' mode. And while car thieves don't exactly rank high on my list of potential male leads for a romantic comedy, Benicio Del Toro somehow manages to pull off the trick of making the character likable as he tries to dig both himself and Emily (Silverstone's character) out of deeper and deeper - and more dangerous - trouble. The characters have real chemistry and click both comedically and romantically, and Christopher Walken excels as the character sent out by Emily's father to rescue her.
One of the relatively few top-notch comedies to emerge from the second half of the 90s; highly recommended.
A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie.......2005-08-10
My younger sister and I used to mock this movie every time we saw it in the video store. Because of the TERRIBLE cover and the ridiculous marketing choices (the "crash course in kidnappings, car theft and other rituals of dating" tagline) we assumed it must be another brainless teenage comedy. What a huge mistake! When she finally rented it as a joke, and sat down and watched it, we were shocked. What a clever, funny, smart movie!
This is what my friends and I refer to as "an English Major Movie." It was script-driven, understated and real, lacking the usual "snappy comebacks" that make so many romantic comedies seem silly and forced. The romance between the two main characters feels authentic and realistic, and there is even that long-lost idea from films gone by, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! Characters who you are not sure you like grow up and grow on you, and the teenage angst of Emily is perfectly countered with the common-sense centeredness of Vincent.
Not at all the kind of movie it seems to be, and definitely not for the teenage set. Adults, and especially English majors, will absolutely love this tightly woven and funny film.
WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen.......2005-07-23
Despite the earlier review here about the disc received from Amazon in Jan 2004 and despite the description of this item that says "Format: Fullscreen, Widescreen" the disc I recieved in July 2005 is Pan&Scan only. Yech!
I love the movie, but Pan & Scan is unacceptable.
CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS.......2005-04-16
Pardon the liberal alliteration but what a clever little romantic comedy with an unsung starcast.
As implausible as the plot sounds -- a spoiled rich brat stages her own kidnapping for attention, has her car inadvertently stolen in the process, only to find herself falling in love with the thief -- it comes packaged in a taut script and some campy twists as bigger criminals weigh in on the faux pas.
I had written off Alicia Silverstone after Batman and Robin where she looked a size larger than her dresses but I couldn't have been more off-base. Her take on the confident, chain-smoking, punch drunk, black mascara-ed Emily is fantastic, as is, surprisingly, her sense of comic timing.
Some reviewers have been conservative with their alloted reviewer's stars on grounds that Ben Del Toro was 'inarticulate.' Well, he is as inarticulate as Robert DeNiro in Jackie Brown. Only, we're calling it understated subtlety these days. He hits just the right notes in portraying the goofball charm of a fundamentally gentlemanly car thief pitted against more convoluted criminals.
Between them, Silverstone and Del Toro barely sound like a quixotic matchup but under the hood of this stolen car is a riveting romantic comedy leaking like excess oil. Only, my lousy metaphor spells automotive problems, the film does not.
Take it for a spin, great bet for a fun weekend rental. Some good rock on the soundtrack too if you don't mind your guitars grungy.
![Excess Baggage [Region 2]](http://www.germanelectronics88.com/noimage.gif)
Average customer rating:
- i love bdt
- Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy
- A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie
- WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen
- CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS
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Excess Baggage [Region 2]
Starring: Alicia Silverstone , Benicio Del Toro , Christopher Walken , Jack Thompson , and Nicholas Turturro
Director: Marco Brambilla
ProductGroup: DVD
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Bowen, Michael
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Connick Jr., Harry
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Kirkland, Sally
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Orser, Leland
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Rennie, Callum Keith
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Silverstone, Alicia
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Similar Items:
- True Crime
- Blast From the Past
- The Crush
- Cool and the Crazy
- The Babysitter
ASIN: B00004CXWY |
Amazon.com
Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr.) has misplaced $200,000 of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. This one is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
i love bdt.......2006-06-22
The movie was only strictly likeable and a lot of thanx to BDT for that.though he was very convincing as the hapless car thief there was a lot amiss about silverstone's character.
The movie manages to stand on a very tepid and weak script and the climax is a damp squib.
watch it only for BDT.He will completely blow u off.
Cheers!
Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy.......2005-09-23
This one outdid my expectations by quite a bit. Alicia Silverstone stars as a teenage girl looking for more attention from her father, who tries to get it by locking herself in a car trunk and faking her own kidnapping. Her plans go somewhat awry when the car is stolen for real. The blueprint of this sounds like it could have gone sour very easily; the girl could have come off as very unlikable although that seemed much less of a probability with the charming Silverstone playing her, in full 'cute-and-feisty' mode. And while car thieves don't exactly rank high on my list of potential male leads for a romantic comedy, Benicio Del Toro somehow manages to pull off the trick of making the character likable as he tries to dig both himself and Emily (Silverstone's character) out of deeper and deeper - and more dangerous - trouble. The characters have real chemistry and click both comedically and romantically, and Christopher Walken excels as the character sent out by Emily's father to rescue her.
One of the relatively few top-notch comedies to emerge from the second half of the 90s; highly recommended.
A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie.......2005-08-10
My younger sister and I used to mock this movie every time we saw it in the video store. Because of the TERRIBLE cover and the ridiculous marketing choices (the "crash course in kidnappings, car theft and other rituals of dating" tagline) we assumed it must be another brainless teenage comedy. What a huge mistake! When she finally rented it as a joke, and sat down and watched it, we were shocked. What a clever, funny, smart movie!
This is what my friends and I refer to as "an English Major Movie." It was script-driven, understated and real, lacking the usual "snappy comebacks" that make so many romantic comedies seem silly and forced. The romance between the two main characters feels authentic and realistic, and there is even that long-lost idea from films gone by, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! Characters who you are not sure you like grow up and grow on you, and the teenage angst of Emily is perfectly countered with the common-sense centeredness of Vincent.
Not at all the kind of movie it seems to be, and definitely not for the teenage set. Adults, and especially English majors, will absolutely love this tightly woven and funny film.
WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen.......2005-07-23
Despite the earlier review here about the disc received from Amazon in Jan 2004 and despite the description of this item that says "Format: Fullscreen, Widescreen" the disc I recieved in July 2005 is Pan&Scan only. Yech!
I love the movie, but Pan & Scan is unacceptable.
CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS.......2005-04-16
Pardon the liberal alliteration but what a clever little romantic comedy with an unsung starcast.
As implausible as the plot sounds -- a spoiled rich brat stages her own kidnapping for attention, has her car inadvertently stolen in the process, only to find herself falling in love with the thief -- it comes packaged in a taut script and some campy twists as bigger criminals weigh in on the faux pas.
I had written off Alicia Silverstone after Batman and Robin where she looked a size larger than her dresses but I couldn't have been more off-base. Her take on the confident, chain-smoking, punch drunk, black mascara-ed Emily is fantastic, as is, surprisingly, her sense of comic timing.
Some reviewers have been conservative with their alloted reviewer's stars on grounds that Ben Del Toro was 'inarticulate.' Well, he is as inarticulate as Robert DeNiro in Jackie Brown. Only, we're calling it understated subtlety these days. He hits just the right notes in portraying the goofball charm of a fundamentally gentlemanly car thief pitted against more convoluted criminals.
Between them, Silverstone and Del Toro barely sound like a quixotic matchup but under the hood of this stolen car is a riveting romantic comedy leaking like excess oil. Only, my lousy metaphor spells automotive problems, the film does not.
Take it for a spin, great bet for a fun weekend rental. Some good rock on the soundtrack too if you don't mind your guitars grungy.
![Excess Baggage [Region 2]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/21WX9SABCZL.jpg)
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Excess Baggage [Region 2]
Starring: Alicia Silverstone , Benicio Del Toro , Christopher Walken , Jack Thompson , and Nicholas Turturro
Director: Marco Brambilla
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
General
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| Video
Bowen, Michael
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| Stores
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Connick Jr., Harry
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Kirkland, Sally
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Orser, Leland
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Rennie, Callum Keith
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Saklofsky, Danielle
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Silverstone, Alicia
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Sparks, Carrie Cain
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Thompson, Jack
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| DVD
| Video
Turturro, Nicholas
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Del Toro, Benicio
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Walken, Christopher
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Wisden, Robert
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Brambilla, Marco
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ASIN: B00004VXYV |
Average customer rating:
- i love bdt
- Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy
- A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie
- WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen
- CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS
|
Excess Baggage
Starring: Alicia Silverstone , Benicio Del Toro , Christopher Walken , Jack Thompson , and Nicholas Turturro
Director: Marco Brambilla
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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| Video
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| Video
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| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Opposites Attract
| By Theme
| Comedy
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| Video
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Bowen, Michael
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Connick Jr., Harry
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Orser, Leland
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Rennie, Callum Keith
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Saklofsky, Danielle
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Silverstone, Alicia
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Sparks, Carrie Cain
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Turturro, Nicholas
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Del Toro, Benicio
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Walken, Christopher
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Wisden, Robert
| ( W )
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| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Brambilla, Marco
| ( B )
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| DVD
| Video
All Sony Pictures Titles
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
| Studio Specials
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
( E )
| Titles
| Features
| DVD
| Video
Similar Items:
- True Crime
- Blast From the Past
- The Crush
- Cool and the Crazy
- The Babysitter
ASIN: 0767806816
Release Date: 1998-02-04 |
Amazon.com
Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr.) has misplaced $200,000 of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. This one is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
i love bdt.......2006-06-22
The movie was only strictly likeable and a lot of thanx to BDT for that.though he was very convincing as the hapless car thief there was a lot amiss about silverstone's character.
The movie manages to stand on a very tepid and weak script and the climax is a damp squib.
watch it only for BDT.He will completely blow u off.
Cheers!
Great Ride Of A Movie - Silverstone's Best Comedy.......2005-09-23
This one outdid my expectations by quite a bit. Alicia Silverstone stars as a teenage girl looking for more attention from her father, who tries to get it by locking herself in a car trunk and faking her own kidnapping. Her plans go somewhat awry when the car is stolen for real. The blueprint of this sounds like it could have gone sour very easily; the girl could have come off as very unlikable although that seemed much less of a probability with the charming Silverstone playing her, in full 'cute-and-feisty' mode. And while car thieves don't exactly rank high on my list of potential male leads for a romantic comedy, Benicio Del Toro somehow manages to pull off the trick of making the character likable as he tries to dig both himself and Emily (Silverstone's character) out of deeper and deeper - and more dangerous - trouble. The characters have real chemistry and click both comedically and romantically, and Christopher Walken excels as the character sent out by Emily's father to rescue her.
One of the relatively few top-notch comedies to emerge from the second half of the 90s; highly recommended.
A totally mismarketed, clever and well-written movie.......2005-08-10
My younger sister and I used to mock this movie every time we saw it in the video store. Because of the TERRIBLE cover and the ridiculous marketing choices (the "crash course in kidnappings, car theft and other rituals of dating" tagline) we assumed it must be another brainless teenage comedy. What a huge mistake! When she finally rented it as a joke, and sat down and watched it, we were shocked. What a clever, funny, smart movie!
This is what my friends and I refer to as "an English Major Movie." It was script-driven, understated and real, lacking the usual "snappy comebacks" that make so many romantic comedies seem silly and forced. The romance between the two main characters feels authentic and realistic, and there is even that long-lost idea from films gone by, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! Characters who you are not sure you like grow up and grow on you, and the teenage angst of Emily is perfectly countered with the common-sense centeredness of Vincent.
Not at all the kind of movie it seems to be, and definitely not for the teenage set. Adults, and especially English majors, will absolutely love this tightly woven and funny film.
WARNING WARNING WARNING -- NOT Widescreen.......2005-07-23
Despite the earlier review here about the disc received from Amazon in Jan 2004 and despite the description of this item that says "Format: Fullscreen, Widescreen" the disc I recieved in July 2005 is Pan&Scan only. Yech!
I love the movie, but Pan & Scan is unacceptable.
CUCKOO CRIME CAPER COUCHES CRAZY COOINGS.......2005-04-16
Pardon the liberal alliteration but what a clever little romantic comedy with an unsung starcast.
As implausible as the plot sounds -- a spoiled rich brat stages her own kidnapping for attention, has her car inadvertently stolen in the process, only to find herself falling in love with the thief -- it comes packaged in a taut script and some campy twists as bigger criminals weigh in on the faux pas.
I had written off Alicia Silverstone after Batman and Robin where she looked a size larger than her dresses but I couldn't have been more off-base. Her take on the confident, chain-smoking, punch drunk, black mascara-ed Emily is fantastic, as is, surprisingly, her sense of comic timing.
Some reviewers have been conservative with their alloted reviewer's stars on grounds that Ben Del Toro was 'inarticulate.' Well, he is as inarticulate as Robert DeNiro in Jackie Brown. Only, we're calling it understated subtlety these days. He hits just the right notes in portraying the goofball charm of a fundamentally gentlemanly car thief pitted against more convoluted criminals.
Between them, Silverstone and Del Toro barely sound like a quixotic matchup but under the hood of this stolen car is a riveting romantic comedy leaking like excess oil. Only, my lousy metaphor spells automotive problems, the film does not.
Take it for a spin, great bet for a fun weekend rental. Some good rock on the soundtrack too if you don't mind your guitars grungy.
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