Heche gives it to them straight
Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights is a lightweight but enjoyable romp that
has, unfortunately, been saddled with the burden of a social
issue. Harrison Ford may loosely revisit, with a great deal of
success, his gruff adventurer days as Han Solo and Indiana Jones,
but the major focus of media attention has been his co-star, Anne
Heche, who is more famous as the partner of gay television star
Ellen DeGeneres. Was it possible, Hollywood wondered, for an
openly gay women to play a heterosexual leading lady? Would the
public accept this?
Such vapid and ultraconservative preoccupations aside, this is a
formulaic but feel-good and at times very amusing adventure
romance, and Heche is by far the best thing in it, bringing a
brash wit and refreshingly strong presence to bear alongside her
elder statesman co-star, David Schwimmer (better known as Ross
from Friends) plays Heche's boyfriend, a steady but straight beau
who whisks her off to a tropical paradise in order to pop the
question. Before he pops, however, they meet the man old enough
to be both their pops, an unshaven but twinkly-eyed Ford. By this
stage in the plot, the ending is already obvious, even before
Ford and Heche are marooned together on a desert island, but
getting there is fun anyway, as Ford and Heche's initial
animosity quickly evolves into animal attraction. All in all, a
good weekend popcorn flick with more than one memorable
one-liners.
By Martin Spain
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