Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he wants it to be—until he meets Robin Monroe, a sophisticated and determined woman, the assistant editor of a New York magazine, on vacation for a week with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An urgent work assignment in Tahiti, the neighboring island, forces Robin to reluctantly hire Quinn to fly her there. But a violent storm forces them to make an emergency landing on a deserted island. This unlikely pair avoids each other at first, until they are forced to team up to escape the island... and evade the pirates who are after them. Danger and temptation are never far away...
Six Days Seven Nights is a perfectly serviceable late-90s romantic adventure comedy that hits familiar beats without much distinction. The plot is formulaic 'opposites attract on a deserted island' territory with pirates thrown in as thin action padding — nothing surprising or inventive. Harrison Ford and Anne Heche have moderate chemistry but their pairing feels slightly mismatched, and the supporting cast is underused. The South Pacific locations are attractive and capably photographed but not cinematically remarkable. The film's resolution is predictable and tidily conventional. It's an amiable time-passer that rarely rises above its genre conventions.