# Excess Baggage (1997)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Action, Comedy, Crime
**Directed by**: Marco Brambilla
**Written by**: Max D. Adams
**Starring**: Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, Christopher Walken, Jack Thompson, Harry Connick Jr., Nicholas Turturro

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that thinks it's wittier than it is. A spoiled young woman pretends to be kidnapped, only to find herself a real hostage in a car stolen by a pair of hapless thieves. It's no "Ruthless People," but few things are.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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