Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

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.

Summer movie fluff has spunky and sexy New York pop culture magazine editor Anne Heche flying off with beau David Schwimmer to a resort island for a little week vacation. The pilot is played by Harrison Ford, a handsome yet aging bachelor whose closest relationship is with a stunning island sexpot known for her stage performances which wow the male tourists happening to guzzle cocktails at the hut bars. Because he is defiantly "set in his ways" (he voices his opinion even if it isn't exactly popular, can be a bit rough around the edges in the conversation department in his lack of mincing words, and has the tendency to offer less-than-polite remarks when antagonized) and argumentative when it comes to someone challenging his sense of liberated "relationship purgatory" (he's alone, isn't tied to someone who could throw a monkey wrench in his freedom to go wherever he wants and do whatever he wants), Ford and Heche have a bit of friction (his type doesn't often find his way into the orbit of her NYC social class). So Heche is soaking up the sun, drinking some fruity alcoholic drinks, and enjoying her time with Schwimmer (even agreeing to marry him after his proposal) at the resort, her magazine calls, requesting her to fly to Tahiti for a particular article, certain to make the lead of the week. So she offers $700 bucks to Ford if he will fly her to Tahiti, and he reluctantly agrees. When they encounter a major storm, a bolt of lightning strikes the plane, and Ford must land it on a deserted South Pacific island. Once there, Ford and Heche must find a beacon in the hopes of summoning a rescue crew, but they soon encounter pirates who kill the owner of a yacht and take his possessions! Stranded on lush, tropical environs, the two stars bicker a bit (it is all playful banter), try to avoid clear and present danger (totally intentional tie of Harrison to that movie), and find a means to get off the island. They fall in love, comment on each other's looks, try to keep from freaking out when troubles arise, and go into MacGuyver mode building a plan from old WWII plane parts found within the island. I have to say that Heche looks fantastic and Ford by 1998 had kept himself in impressively athletic shape. Ford has a natural movie star charisma a film so undemanding as this can depend upon. I enjoyed seeing him so relaxed and free of the usual intensity; sometimes an actor of his stature can get away with a film like this which just plucks from other better survival island movies. Heche seems perfectly comfortable in a film like this as the lead (she would rarely get another chance to be featured in such a Hollywood high profile fluff piece as this), and her skimpy bikini outfits certainly convey how much effort she put into getting into shape. Turn your brain off junk food this movie is.Schwimmer is a lot of fun as Heche's fiancé, conflicted about the island hottie who offers her body to him while he's concerned about his missing girlfriend's welfare. His nervy energy is amusing. The pirates subplot is a bit tacked on and truthfully unneeded...it seems like this was applied to provide a little peril for the leads. I felt that those who wrote the film were in dire need of padding to accompany Ford and Heche's arguing and eventual romance.

Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) is an assistant editor of a fashion magazine in NYC. She goes on a tropical vacation with boyfriend Frank Martin (David Schwimmer). After accepting Frank's proposal, Robin has a quick job to supervise a photo shoot. She hops on Quinn Harris (Harrison Ford)'s plane to make the short trip but a storm forces them to crash.I've never bought Harrison Ford as a rom-com lead and this is a prime example. Although he has more chemistry with Anne Heche than David Schwimmer has with her. This is pretty standard rom-com fare. If it had better actors for this type of movie, I think this could have worked. Anne Heche also has a bit of problem with light rom-coms. There is a specific type that these two actors don't necessarily fit.Then there is the switch in tone midway through. If that's the tone, then the first half is ill-fitting. I hate that the movie keeps going back to Schwimmer. His character really doesn't work for many reasons. This movie struggles to find the right tone.

Harrisson Ford and Anne Heche play the main characters in the movie,, they both did a wonderful job,, you almost forget that Anne Heche is lesbian,, but David Schwimmer's performance to me was awful. A man proposes to his girlfriend, and she get's called away briefly to do some business for her boss.. a photo shoot on an island,, but trouble lurks when there is a storm brewing, and she hires a crazy pilot, played by Harrisson ford,, the plane crashes, and they are stranded on an island for several days,, at first they blame each other,, as they try to survive on the island,, finding food,, and making a fire and the like,, then something happens and they are drawn to each other and sparks fly,, they fall in love with each other. not a bad little movie , you have some decent action,, some hot women, lot's of laughs,, just forget Schwimmer's performance and you will be just fine.