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"Six Days, Seven Nights," the newest romantic-adventure
at the box office, provides light entertainment for summer movie-goers.
The rough-edged charm of Harrison Ford and the fresh-faced beauty of Anne Heche offer a promising starlit combination. Unfortunately, the film's plot lacks originality.
The story begins in stormy Manhattan, New York City, on a frenetic day for Heche's character Robin Monroe, a stressed-out fashion magazine editor. It is the perfect place from which she would love to escape - for a six day, seven night vacation - to anywhere.
To Robin Monroe's surprise, she receives a candy-coated vacation invitation that very day, from her doting boyfriend, Frank Monroe, played by David Schwimmer. Right away, the two depart for a relaxing six days and seven nights on a remote island near Tahiti.
Then, as soon as the couple has settled into their island's lap of luxury, relaxation shifts to confusion when Monroe's boss summons her on an emergency magazine shoot in neighboring Tahiti.
Robin has no choice but to hire a scruffy-haired pilot named Quinn Harris, played by Ford, with whom she has already flown, minced words in the bar and developed a personality clash.
Aboard a single engine plane, Monroe and Harris take to bickering at one
another, until their aircraft flies into a maze of lightning flashes.
To escape the torrential South Pacific storm, Harris must crash-land his aircraft on the closest deserted island he can find.
Quirky and somewhat cliché' misadventures soon follow: from a water snake swimming up Monroe's pants to an encounter with a band of pirates. Alas, Monroe and Quinn, who begin their encounter as polar beings follow a magnetic attraction toward one another.
Director Ivan Reitman adheres to familiar romantic-adventure antics, missing an opportunity to weave this light film into something more memorable.
Nevertheless, the film is worth a watch for Ford's and Heche's adequate performances and for the film's beautiful location backdrop of the Hawaiian island, Kauai.
The film runs 1 hour and 41 minutes and is rated PG-13.