Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Very disappointed :(

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I don't know why this movie is rated so low because it's a good comedy in which Harrison plays all his iconic parts : the tongue in cheek pilot – Han Solo, the romantic lover – Sabrina, the brave and stoic explorer – Indiana Jones so for all Harrison's fans like me, it's a pleasure… In addition, he has an excellent flair with his choice of Anne Heche as his partner because she is the only one in the list to be able to play the necessary little mouse opposite to his big bear grumpy attitude. The locations are really wonderful and heavenly and the other smaller parts are well played and enjoyable. Maybe the only disappointment is the movie is the backstory of Heche's boyfriend and split : as usual (see Tumbledown for another example), the pretext is quick and dirty… As it's a comedy, it would have been more fun if Harrison and Heche would fall in love while cast away and Schwimmer and the dancer would fall in love believing they are dead. So when they all reunite, they have already switched lovers but every body being happy !!

Released in 1998, "Six Days Seven Nights" is a lost-on-a-deserted-island adventure/romance starring Harrison Ford as a small-plane pilot who is stranded on a remote Pacific island with a New York magazine editor (Anne Heche) after his plane crashes during a storm. Not only do they have to survive and find a way back to civilization, but they also have to deal with a band of modern pirates! David Schwimmer plays the woman's fiancé while Jacqueline Obradors plays the romantic dalliance of the pilot. People compare the movie to "The African Queen" for obvious reasons, but "Six Days" seems more farcical. There's also a little "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965) added to the mix. Harrison is charismatic as the stalwart, but slightly alcoholic loner/pilot while Heche is intelligent and likable. Unfortunately, some of their bickering comes across forced in an eye-rolling way, but the movie makes up for it with a surprisingly potent dramatic scene near the end. Beyond that, the movie is quick-paced comic book fluff that never gets boring, but also never goes deep or realistic enough for my tastes. Nevertheless, I'm a sucker for stranded-on-deserted-island flicks. The contrast between Heche and Obradors' characters is interesting: Robin (Heche) is attractive in an intelligent plain-Jane kind of way while Angelica (Obradors) is alluring in a bodacious babe way. The fact that the latter is air-headed and morally dubious removes her from the realm of possibilities, as far as a lifelong soulmate goes. Her ditziness is particularly a turnoff. She's babelicious, though, and the movie tastefully shows it. The film is short and sweet at 98 minutes and was shot at Kaua'i, Hawaii.GRADE: B

Robin Monroe, (Anne Heche) a New York magazine editor, and pilot Quinn Harris (Harrison Ford) must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted Island in Ivan Reitman's 'Six Days Seven Nights'What's interesting here is Harrison Ford personally picked out Anne Heche to be his co- star over stars like Julia Roberts. You'd have thought he'd have picked someone he had decent chemistry with, as (at least for me) they make an awkward on screen couple to say the least.David Schwimmer (Ross Gellar from TV's 'Friends') turns up as Ross Gellar from TV's 'Friends' but with a different name, one that now escapes me. He was that interesting. Danny Trejo had a minor role as a pirate,Interesting side note is Ford did his own flying in the movie, and had to be specifically insured to fly the cast in the plane. Heche was Annoying, Ford was gruff. Neither was likable.

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