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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 7733
Released: April 2, 2002 |
| Our Price: $3.49 |
| Used Price: $3.99 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In this fiendishly funny comedy from the creators of AIRPLANE!, loathesome millionaire Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) is ruthless. How ruthless? When his shrill wife Barbara (Bette Midler) is nabbed by inept kidnappers (Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater), Sam cries tears of joy ... and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam takes immediate action -- he celebrates! RUTHLESS PEOPLE. Raucous ... outlandish ... one of the top box office hits of the year!
Description of Ruthless People:
A milestone comedy of the 1980s, Ruthless People delighted critics and audiences alike and set the tone of Hollywood comedies for years to come. Along with that other popular farce about wealthy Californians, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, this ingenious romp revived Bette Midler's career and launched Disney (by way of its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) into the lucrative production of R-rated comedies; it also ensured the star power of then-TV star Danny DeVito. Dale Launer became Hollywood's hot screenwriter du jour by cleverly reworking O. Henry's Ransom of Red Chief into a wicked tale of marital malice heightened by a bungled kidnapping. Midler is sublime as the victim of low-rent abductors ("I've been kidnapped by Kmart!"), and DeVito's the gleeful philanderer who refuses to pay ransom for his wife's unwanted return. With Anita Morris, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, and Bill Pullman among the plot-twisting schemers, the movie's so much fun that an eventual remake seems almost inevitable. --Jeff Shannon
Ruthless People Reviews:
great chemistry between all players. 
2009-09-14 - I bought this because i am a big Midler fan;it was delightful to discover the chemistry between ALL the actors.This is a nonstop funny ,full of action movie,and one i will watch many times over.(don't miss the byplay between Devito,and two hilarious dogs).
Danny and Bette at their Best
2009-09-12 - What do you say about two icons when you put them together? Even though I have watched this film a dozen times I can watch it again. It belongs in every collectors library.
ruthless peeple
2009-01-10 - I loved this movie!
and we received it in 3 days.
Great service
Ruthlessly Funny! Mercilessly biting! 
2008-06-06 - Danny DeVito is a wonderful dirtball, and Bette Middler is a spectacular loud-mouth shrew of a wife! They work so well as a dysfunctional couple it's scary! The script and plot for this movie are predominantly well-done....and just original enough to make it sparkle. Judge Rhinehold is great as the average joe who kidnaps Bette so he can demand a ransome from DeVito in order to get revenge...because Danny ripped him off on a business deal and made a fortune! The only problem is, Danny was going to kill his wife anyway. So, he refuses to pay the ransome, and goes out of his way to not follow any of the kidnappers demands. Even when the kidnappers lower their price, Danny just won't play ball! Anita Morris does a wonderful job in the role of Danny's conniving, unscrupulous lover who wants to blackmail DeVito with a video of his wife's murder. There are plenty of plot twists and interesting alleys that are traversed to keep this zany comedy entertaining. And since so many people in the world really are this self-obsessed and "ruthless", this is a very funny mirror held up to human nature. So, look in the mirror, see that ruthless gleem in your eye...or the ruthless gleem in the eye of your lover (the one you're sure you can trust)...then, go out and get this movie! No matter what evil things are happening in your life, this movie will be a scream (or at least a laugh!)
Bellies of laughs and smiles
2008-04-06 - This is just plain nuts - a really funny film, with comedic actors who have honed their skills consummately, great scripting and direction, hilarious but believable sets and a thoroughly satisfying experience after viewing - and all for a price that makes going to a cinema look pretty dear. Besides, you can laugh without embarrassment, not endure the slutty language of the teens behind you, and watch the film again with glee, your pre-teens having just as much fun as the home-from-college-blasé sophisticate that's costing more per year than a new high-end sports car. Pretty cool - if you've seen it, you're probably nodding and grinning, and thinking about adding it to your library; if you haven't, take a shot - if you have a funny bone in your body, you'll love this little romp.
