ActionComedyCrime

Excess Baggage

- A crash course in kidnappings, car thefts and other rituals of dating.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Release Date : 1997-08-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Emily

Original Name : Alicia Silverstone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vincent

Original Name : Benicio del Toro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ray

Original Name : Christopher Walken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alexander

Original Name : Jack Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Greg

Original Name : Harry Connick Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stick

Original Name : Nicholas Turturro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus

Original Name : Michael Bowen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Sims

Original Name : Robert Wisden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Barnaby

Original Name : Leland Orser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louise

Original Name : Sally Kirkland

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jon

Original Name : Hiro Kanagawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man on Pay Phone

Original Name : Brendan Beiser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surveillance Van Cop

Original Name : Demetri Goritsas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mini Mart Clerk

Original Name : Jorgito Vargas Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monique

Original Name : Danielle Saklofsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Car Showroom Receptionist

Original Name : Stacy Grant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Motel Manager (as Callum Rennie)

Original Name : Callum Keith Rennie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress at Diner

Original Name : Carrie Cain-Sparks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waitress at Knotty Pines

Original Name : Nicole Parker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Trucker

Original Name : Bill Croft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trucker

Original Name : C. Ernst Harth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trucker

Original Name : Adrien Dorval

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Poor little (crazy) rich girl with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Marco Brambilla, "Excess Baggage" stars Alicia Silverstone as an eccentric 18 year-old in the Seattle area who fakes her own kidnapping to get her unloving father’s attention. She develops a relationship with an odd car thief (Benicio Del Toro) while her father enlists the even stranger “Uncle Ray” (Christopher Walken) to find her. Alicia was 19 during shooting and a rising young superstar after a string of popular roles: A pubescent tease in “The Crush” (1993), a popular Beverly Hills adolescent in “Clueless” (1995), a wannabe Nancy Drew in “True Crime” (1995) and a hot superheroine in “Batman & Robin” (1997). “Excess Baggage” was Silverstone’s first movie after a pricey production deal with Columbia and it was strongly rumored that she clashed with director Brambilla. Originally slated for release in the Fall of 1996, it was pushed back to late the next Summer. The movie starts confident & strong and could be likened to contemporaneous quirky flicks like “Buffalo ‘66” (1998). It regrettably fizzles out in the second half but, nevertheless, Alicia was in her physical prime with alluring curves. Unfortunately, she’s stuck with one basic outfit the entire film (form-fitting black pants). Much more could’ve and should’ve been done with her. On the other side of the gender spectrum, Del Toro is notable as the mumbling eccentric while Walken is intriguing and entertaining as a former CIA assassin who basically raised Emily (Silverstone) and is concerned about his employer’s aloofness. THE FILM RUNS 101 minutes and was shot in British Columbia (Vancouver, Victoria & Britannia Beach) and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. WRITERS: Max D. Adams plus Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. GRADE: C+