Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

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

Directed by Marco Brambilla

Produced by Columbia Pictures

1997101 min6.1 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy-caper built on mistaken identity and physical comedy, where a spoiled heiress's fake kidnapping scheme backfires into an unlikely romance.

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

Questions people ask

  • Is Excess Baggage sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does Excess Baggage end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Excess Baggage easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Excess Baggage scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Excess Baggage violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

31/ 100

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Rarity18

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Surprise56

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Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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