I Love Trouble

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Summary: This film might be cute, but it is not worth paying $8.99!
Review: "I Love Trouble" is an o.k. movie, but Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte seem like they are "overacting." The movie is likable, but it is too long to enjoy, and the "cute factors" are just too unlikely. Maybe I would buy it if it were $5.00, but not $9.00! SKIP IT.

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Summary: Gotta love Julia
Review: Alright this isn't an Oscar calibur type movie but it's got some B-movie potential. There is good wit and fun play and although it's a little jagged overall it's not a bad flick. Like it sez gotta love Julia

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Summary: A fun movie with a corny finish.
Review: I liked this movie. It's a fun no brainer that you can watch for entertainment without having to think to hard. Nolte and Roberts both do a good job. I did think the very ending was a little corny, but the rest of the movie made up for it. The other thing about this movie is it can be for different age family members.

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Summary: Watch this if there's nothing good on tv
Review: I Love Trouble is a lightweight romantic comedy of helium-filled proportions. It is effectively a vehicle for everyone's favourite movie darling of the early 1990s, Julia Roberts, to have some fun and look lovely while getting one up on the dastardly male lead played by Nick Nolte.
Nolte plays Peter Brackett, a veteran newspaper columnist for the respected Chicago Chronicle. Ever the ladies man, Brackett can do little wrong in the eyes of the bevy of woman he attracts, his loyal readers, and even his grumpy editor. He manages to fly by the seat of his pants with deadlines looming and get his stories filed on time, every time (even if it does mean plagiarising himself!). Having just released a novel, Brackett is about to hit the book tour circuit, and life is looking good for this charming, yet slightly sleazy bachelor. This is of course until journalistic competition, in the form of the lovely Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts), comes along with her quick wit, sharpened pencil, keen nose for a story, and obligatory short skirt.
In the end, this film runs out of steam and the ludicrous and contrived ending is probably 30 minutes too late in arriving. The actual train crash plot becomes secondary to the romantic battle between the two leads, which rarely sparks into anything other than light-hearted banter and some clichéd one-liners. There are plenty of awfully large plot holes in the story, some wide enough to fit Julia Roberts' smile through sideways, and you will probably find yourself laughing out loud at some of the contrived scenarios. If it was an effort to recapture some of the past glories from the screwball comedies of the late 1930s, it failed miserably.



Rating:
Summary: Good, Clean Movie
Review: Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte play reporters working for rival newspapers, with some fun antics following. This movie is reminiscent of a movie that Rock Hudson and Doris Day might have starred in. It is one of my favorites.

Rating:
Summary: Good, Clean Movie
Review: Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte play reporters working for rival newspapers, with some fun antics following. This movie is reminiscent of a movie that Rock Hudson and Doris Day might have starred in. It is one of my favorites.

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Summary: A Sexy Screwball Caper
Review: Roberts and Nolte are rival reporters chasing after a story involving a train derailment that ultimately leads to murder. This is a chase film set in the same vein as the legendary "Thin Man" series and with Roberts and Nolte it really works. Watch for the hilarious scene where Nolte exposes the 'real' Julia to a troupe of Boy Scouts.
The transfer is not anamorphic but, having said that, there's little else wrong with it. Color balance is strong. Shadow delineation, while not superb, is nevertheless strong and accurate. There are some film artifacts that float by but nothing that terribly distracts. The Dolby Surround track, although not 5.1, has a nice spread along the three front channels of my home theater. No extras, a disappointment, since at one time this film was slated to get a special edition treatment on laserdisc with deleted footage and added scenes. Oh well, what's here is solid and thoroughly enjoyable. If you like madcap adventures this one's for you.

Rating:
Summary: A Sexy Screwball Caper
Review: Roberts and Nolte are rival reporters chasing after a story involving a train derailment that ultimately leads to murder. This is a chase film set in the same vein as the legendary "Thin Man" series and with Roberts and Nolte it really works. Watch for the hilarious scene where Nolte exposes the 'real' Julia to a troupe of Boy Scouts.
The transfer is not anamorphic but, having said that, there's little else wrong with it. Color balance is strong. Shadow delineation, while not superb, is nevertheless strong and accurate. There are some film artifacts that float by but nothing that terribly distracts. The Dolby Surround track, although not 5.1, has a nice spread along the three front channels of my home theater. No extras, a disappointment, since at one time this film was slated to get a special edition treatment on laserdisc with deleted footage and added scenes. Oh well, what's here is solid and thoroughly enjoyable. If you like madcap adventures this one's for you.

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Summary: Not bad, but nothing spectacular either.
Review: The problem with this movie is, that the makers just could not decide what sort of movie they were making. Is it a romantic comedy? Is it a thriller? It might even be an action movie! Now one could say that I Love Trouble offers something to any kind of audience, but the truth is that it has become to much of a compromise. Nolte and Roberts try hard and their performances go a long way towards saving a rather uninteresting movie, but personally I think that their efforts should have been used on a better script producing a better balanced story. On the whole this is a nice movie, but not something you want to see more than one time.

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Summary: I Love Trouble
Review: This is not a horrible film, but the title is off-putting from the start. Separately, I like both actors and I think their performances are fine here, but the chemistry is somethat lacking. I still enjoyed the movie, but it was difficult to see Nick and Julia as a couple.

The premise is good; the plot believable and follow-through is solid.