A Perfect Getaway

2009 Action/Adventure

Honeymooning newlyweds Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich) are hiking an 11-mile trail in Hawaii when they cross paths will ex-military man Nick (Timothy Olyphant), who earns their trust by helping them navigate a particularly treacherous mountain cliff. A few yards later, the trio runs into a group of girls whose parents are begging them to return home following reports that a honeymooning couple has been murdered on one of the other islands. The suspects in the killings are a young white couple, and when Cliff and Cydney meet Nick's frees-spirited girlfriend, Gina (Kiele Sanchez), tensions start to rise. The further the foursome walks together, the more delicate the balance of trust and suspicion becomes.

Director: David Twohy

Starring: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton

 40 Reviews  1 Awards

Reviews

  • A B-movie-style throwback that's consistently diverting and blissfully free of morals and messages, A Perfect Getaway is just the thing for the summertime movie blahs: it's a genuinely satisfying cheap thrill.

    Manohla Dargis - The New York Times

    29 November 2012

  • The plot will require some discussion after the film is over. Is it misleading? Yes. Does it cheat? I think not. It only seems to cheat. That's part of the effect. All's fair in love and war, and the plots of thrillers.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    29 November 2012

  • A clever, heart-pounding thriller, and a welcome return to form for the director.

    Peter Hartlaub - The San Francisco Chronicle

    29 November 2012

  • To Twohy's credit, he does a decent job of keeping you guessing -- and interested -- until almost the very end.

    - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • While A Perfect Getaway, like "The Sixth Sense," recaps itself, to indicate to the audience what they may have missed (and when), there seems to be plot holes large enough that one could paddle through them in an outrigger canoe.

    - The Washington Post

    29 November 2012

Awards

  • Best Supporting Actor

    Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (2009)

     

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