Romancing the Stone (1984)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Jack T. Colton	Michael Douglas
Joan Wilder	Kathleen Turner
Ralph	Danny DeVito
Ira	Zack Norman
Juan	Alfonso Arau	½
Colonel Zolo	Manuel Ojeda	½
Gloria	Holland Taylor
Elaine Wilder	Mary Ellen Trainor

Review

This 1980s semi-classic starts off slowly and rather uninspired, with a bewildered Kathleen Turner playing a romance writer who lacks a romantic life of her own, but it picks up once a spirited Michael Douglas enters the scene and takes Turner along on an adventure in the Colombian jungle, chased by a host of sinister characters. Diane Thomas' script feels almost as pulp as Joan Wilders' novels, and Robert Zemeckis' direction is somewhat stiff and unlifelike, but the film does have an innocent charm and some fun moments that along with Michael Douglas' energy makes it very much watchable, even downright enjoyable at times.