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Ruthless People

Q: What does the AI analysis say about Ruthless People?

WatchMind AI scores Ruthless People as Comedy with funny tone and steady pacing (66% on TMDb). Use this AI analysis as a quick read on Ruthless People before you watch — trailer, TMDb reviews, and licensed streaming links on this page help you decide.

“Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!”

Released

1986-06-26

Rating

66%

Type

Movie

Runtime

1h 34m

Comedy

AI Analysis

Ruthless People (1986) — AI movie analysis

WatchMind AI

WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Ruthless People (1986) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.

funny moodsteady pacingdate nightcasual background watching

Story & themes: Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidna… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.

Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~94 min).

Community signal: TMDb members rate Ruthless People 66% (446 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.

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Synopsis

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.

Quick facts

Type: Movie
Status: Released
Release date: 1986-06-26
Runtime: 1h 34m
TMDB rating: 6.6
TMDB ID: 12151

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