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

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Excess Baggage (1997)

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

★ 6.1/10 August 29, 1997 101 min

ActionComedyCrime

Director: Marco Brambilla  ·  Writer: Max D. Adams

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

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Director

Marco Brambilla Marco Brambilla

Cast

Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone Emily Benicio del Toro Benicio del Toro Vincent Christopher Walken Christopher Walken Ray Jack Thompson Jack Thompson Alexander Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr. Greg Nicholas Turturro Nicholas Turturro Stick Michael Bowen Michael Bowen Gus Robert Wisden Robert Wisden Detective Sims Leland Orser Leland Orser Detective Barnaby Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland Louise Hiro Kanagawa Hiro Kanagawa Jon Brendan Beiser Brendan Beiser Man on Pay Phone

User Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Wuchak June 4, 2018
★ 5/10

Poor little (crazy) rich girl with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Marco Brambilla, "Excess Baggage" stars Alicia Silverstone as an eccentric 18 year-old in the Seattle area who fakes her own kidnapping to get her unloving father’s attention. She develops a relationship with an odd car thief (Benicio Del Toro) while her father enlists the even stranger “Uncle Ray” (Christopher Walken) to find her. Alicia was 19 during shooting and a rising young superstar after a string of popular roles: A pubescent tease in “The Crush” (1993), a popular Beverly Hills adolescent in “Clueless” (1995), a wannabe Nancy Drew in “True Crime” (1995) and a hot superheroine in “Batman & Robin” (1997). “Excess Baggage” was Silverstone’s first movie after a pricey production deal with Columbia and it was strongly rumored that she clashed w…