Filmmaker Zemeckis, armed with a screenplay by Diane Thomas, does a terrific job of instantly luring the viewer into the proceedings...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 6, 2024

Romancing the Stone has a lighter touch than Raiders but it is just as romantic and jam packed full of unexpected twists and turns.

Full Review | Aug 2, 2022

the standard for a romantic adventure

Full Review | Apr 7, 2022

Romancing the Stone is no searing example of feminist film theory, but it perhaps warrants re-examining in the context of how Zemeckis approaches male and female hero stereotypes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 24, 2022

It may be the sub-standard cousin of better adventure movies, but it is still a rollicking good time.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 10, 2021

Adventure first and foremost, followed by an engaging tale and enough good-natured comedy to ensure that no event appears too sinister or serious.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 7, 2020

...a hybrid of Indiana Jones and classic screwball romances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2020

It disappoints because of the clumsy script. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Feb 11, 2020

The set-up in "Romancing the Stone" is poorly contrived to sustain a chase thriller.

Full Review | Jan 29, 2019

There are enough pleasant moments and the protagonists fulfill their function of carrying the story without any special development. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jun 27, 2017

The filmmakers have devised some clever twists on the earlier films they recall, and they reserve a good share of the derring-do for their heroine, who's a refreshingly far cry from the helpless ladies-in-distress of old.

Full Review | Apr 4, 2014

Turner is terrific, Douglas is fine and the action is slam-bang. Add lots of laughs and it all works out just right.

Full Review | Apr 4, 2014

In this cracking jungle-set treasure hunt, director Robert Zemeckis spices up a deliberately old-fashioned matinée adventure with tongue-in-cheek gags, unpredictably clever touches and top-of-the-range action.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2014

This may be a lark, but grown-ups need those too and the lack of pandering to teenage sensibilities helps it stand apart from other adventure films of the era.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Mar 31, 2014

Action, romance, sharp dialog; best for teens.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 2, 2011

Between Michael Douglas' mullet, a synthesizer heavy score, and Kathleen Turner shining in her blink and you missed it prime, Zemeckis' movie is truly time capsule worthy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2010

A grand example of the rarest combination of adventure, humor, and sexual chemistry which all crackle along with abandon.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 29, 2010

Douglas and Turner make a great double act in this exuberantly directed adventure movie with a great start turn from the always enjoyable De Vito. Good stuff.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2008

All very tongue-in-cheek (typified by the opening sequence, lifted straight from one of Joan's pulp novels) and great fun.

Full Review | May 6, 2008

Turner is like a lot of unwitting screen heroines ahead of her, guaranteed that her drab existence is about to be transformed -- probably by a man, preferably handsome and adventurous.

Full Review | Feb 6, 2008