Bird on a Wire

Beats me why so many people want to trash this action-packed screwball romantic comedy-chase thriller. Instead of comparing it to other Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn films, I compare it to basically similar type films, such as "What's Up Doc?", "Smokey... Full review

Exciting and hilarious film. It did not bore and i loved every part of it. Mel and Goldie delivered their funny side as they ran together and escaped and encountered every danger and risk there is on their way to liberation.... Full review

Exciting and hilarious film. It did not bore and i loved every part of it. Mel and Goldie delivered their funny side as they ran together and escaped and encountered every danger and risk there is on their way to liberation.... Full review

I have seen this movie last night on a cable channel (Philippines) StarMovie Channel and I thought that this one would be boring. But after a while, a have realized that this is Mel Gibson, so I continued on. Wow, this... Full review

Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn are really funny together in this movie. I just watched it recently and was surprised that I missed this one when it first came out years ago.... Full review

Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn are really funny together in this movie. I just watched it recently and was surprised that I missed this one when it first came out years ago.... Full review

The star power of Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn help this 1990 action film, which is about a witness protection program refugee who reconnects by accident with his old girlfriend. The two then run to avoid the people after him. And... Full review

I dug it!, it's a lot of fun, with lots of laughs and awesome performances!. Most of the critics panned this film, however i had a lot of fun with it, plus Mel Gibson is always a huge bonus in any... Full review

Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiancé recognizes him. Rick's FBI 'minder' has been replaced by a corrupt agent who helps the drug dealing... Full review

This feature was a bold attempt to capture the magic of the first two Lethal Weapons, only this time with Goldie Hawn rather than Danny Glover. While it does fail to attain the same chemistry, it carries a different chemistry all... Full review

While Bird on a Wire admittedly has its moments of enjoyment, most of the film is on a par with Gibson's embarrassing, homophobic scene with a pair of epicine hairdressers. The can't-miss teaming of Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn is squandered on a clumsy, illogical romantic melodrama. ... Full Review

In "Bird on a Wire," the act loses its balance. Up until about this point, the movie is hard-edged and convincing. Mel Gibson stars in the movie as another of his likable, good-humored heroes who can get tough if he needs to. ... Full Review

The year 1990 might not have been a time of laughter for many, especially those living in Kuwait. However, Hollywood still churned out some decent comedy movies to try and lighten things up. ... Full Article

If I had made a list of the things I was unlikely to blog about today then Paradise Lost would have been pretty near the top, nestled somewhere between the Welsh rugby team's Grand Slam season of 1978 and monocles. ... Full Article

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Bird on a Wire (PG-13) Even in an era of paint-by-numbers moviemaking, director John Badham has brought off some sort of feat. He has made a film that's 100 percent generic - it should have been called ROMANTIC ACTION COMEDY. ... Full Article

Summertime is no time to take a vacation in Hollywood. For the next three months, the studios' distribution executives will spend their weekends working the telephone, poring over computer printouts, fine-tuning ad campaigns, and juggling TV commercial buys. ... Full Article

Eerily, Bird on a Wire's final box office tally of $71 million ($120.8 million adjusted) virtually paralleled Gibson's first go-round as Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon, which grossed $65.2 million in 1987 ($119.7 million adjusted to 1987 dollars). ... Full Article