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This is a romantic adventure comedy in the same style as movies like Romancing The Stone. Yes it's cheesy, and there are some slightly odd acting decisions - particularly from Ford. But overall it's a fun story about a New York journalist (Heche) on vacation with her boyfriend (Schwimmer), but ends up trapped on an island with a pilot (Ford).

Embrace this for what it actually is, which is a movie that throws back to those quick fire 1950s romantic comedies. There's a bit of a danger, some action, some fun arguments and it's all generally quite low stakes.

The cinematography and soundtrack are fantastic, and to see real sunsets and gorgeous locations shot on 35mm film is so refreshing compared to the digital green screen movie making all too common now.

With the characters and the acting, one thing that pleasantly surprised me was Anne Heche. Unlike a lot of movies that make the woman intensely annoying and useless, Heche is really quite watchable, mucks in on the action and plays an equal role in the movie.

Six Days and Seven Nights is the perfect date night movie, as it's essentially a "chick flick".

Ford's character and performance is the weak link in places, but not so bad that it hurts the movie. I forgive him for a lot as he's one of my favourite actors. And toward the end, he pulls a couple of really moving moments out of the bag that make it worth it.

The film races along at a very watchable pace and technically, stunts, editing, sound etc are all excellent.

It's not out to win Oscars and it's not an edge of your seat thrill ride. But by no means is this bad either.

Well worth watching with a bowl of snacks, a drink and ideally a romantic interest!

Charming, intimate and atmospheric noir movie based on a Spanish book. In many ways, it feels like a novel in its slow burning execution and beautiful detailed scenes

Depp's performance is deliberately flat, reminiscent of 40s noir detectives. And if you like watching a character drink and smoke his way through beautiful European locations, its worth it for that alone.

Depp's character, Corso's questionable morality is what makes him interesting. As a book expert sent on a quest to authenticate a rare satanic book owned by a mysterious businessman , the story takes us on a journey across Portugal, Spain and France, where we meet lots of eccentric, enigmatic and dangerous characters.

It's clearly not supposed to scary. It's more intriguing and eery. The detail of the engravings in the fictional book, and the time taken with scene setting is brilliant, as we journey into an unusual world of the occult and of rare book collectors.

There's also a degree of quirky humour in the movie, and a slightly silly fantastical element that I think it pulls off well because it feels so much like a novel.

I'm a huge fan of this movie. Instead of looking for a jump scare laden horror or intense thriller, think of this as a slow burn, intriguing and atmospheric noir with a supernatural and conspiratorial element. Yes the pace is slow, but deliberate.

Worth watching.