I Love Trouble Movie
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Romance Was Never More Dangerous!
She's green and eager. He's seasoned and jaded. They're reporters for rival Chicago newspapers assigned to cover the same story. He offers tips and advice; she scoops him. Then, their snappy patter, repartee, and ripostes get romantic even as their competitive juices overflow. Will corrupt scientists at a chemical company whose goats give cancer-causing milk kill the cub and the columnist, or will they escape with their lives and their by-lines to hear wedding bells?
| Nick Nolte | Peter Brackett |
| Julia Roberts | Sabrina Peterson |
| Saul Rubinek | Sam Smotherman |
| James Rebhorn | Mando, The Thin Man |
| Robert Loggia | Matt, Chronicle Editor |
| Kelly Rutherford | Kim |
| Olympia Dukakis | Jeannie, Peter's Secretary |
| Marsha Mason | Senator Gayle Robbins |
| Eugene Levy | Ray, Justice of the Peace |
| Charles Martin Smith | Rick Medwick |
| Dan Butler | Wilson Chess |
| Paul Gleason | Kenny Bacon |
| Jane Adams | Evans |
| Lisa Lu | Mrs. Virgina Hervey |
| Nora Dunn | Lindy |
| Charles Shyer |
4.90 out of 10 (4987 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Nolte/Roberts starpower make this...
posted on 21 Mar 20091st watched 2/8/2002 - 6 out of 10 (Dir-Charles Shyer): Nolte/Roberts starpower make this rather convuluted, unbelievable story watchable. A very simple title for a very over-the-top complex story that starts with two rival reporters covering a train de-railment in Chicago and ends with having something to do with a chemical that helps cows produce milk at an early age. As silly as the story plot is, we follow Nolte as a well-known name for the Chicago Chronicle, and Roberts as a newcomer for the Chicago Globe with both of them having one thing on their minds - their egos!! The movie starts out slow but once the two heroes start acting like they're actually trying to work together, things heat up. The exchanges between the two are comical and classic at times. Roberts seems to always to be matched up with some of the best male actors in Hollywood and she usually comes out holding her own, this is no exception and the movie, it's ok too.
Watch this if there's nothing good on tv
posted on 14 Sep 2008I 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.
Romantic comedy, a thriller, an action movie!
posted on 01 Jun 2008I just couldn't take a break thru the entire movie I loved it so much. Julie just out did herself in this one, she's so charming, witty. Not to mention she is very beautiful, but I think more men than me has said that about her.
Noltie did a fine job, but without Julies part in the movie it wouldn't have had the effect it had.
Have fun with this, the part where Julie came out of the lake was great, I couldn't stop laughing. She has a gift from God for expression.
Slightly Infectious
posted on 07 Sep 2007I have this movie on tape and no matter how many times I watch it, I can't seem to understand how the movie goes from one point to another. I guess because it bores me to tears sometimes and catches my interest at others. The rivalry is ridiculous because you know from the start it's the age-old Hollywood "I hate you-I love you" competition. You knew from the moment they were introduced, they were gonna get together. The competition was more of who can annoy each other the worst? *SPOILER* When they accidentally got married in Vegas to outrun a guy who looked like Inspector Gadget was far far too absurd. The background story seemed to develop out of nowhere with all the answers at the end. Crazy "wild goose chase" kinda movie, but not too bad. I watched it more than once at least.
Dueling reporters uncover high level criminals
posted on 07 Sep 2007Good comedy/drama about a pair of hyper-competitive news reporters who are after facts on the same story. While investigating they form an alliance to mutually solve the mystery but come under the deadly gaze of high tech thugs. Cute and amusing although unoriginal.
A good romantic comedy mystery movie.
posted on 04 Aug 2006Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte play two newspaper reporters, who are competing for news breaking stories from two different newspapers. I admire the way they act with each other through the plot of the movie. It would be interesting if Roberts and Nolte do a film together again. They are a good movie team for a film. It almost reminds of the old movies with Tracy and Hepburn, the they used to act during the 1940's and 1950's. The film is reminisce to time when movies had class on the screen. I like this movie to watch because it for your troubles and put them on hold for a while. It is not mind bending triller, but the film is enough to entertain you. Enjoy yourself to watch this film and ease your mind.
Great Entertaining Film
posted on 15 May 2006Enjoyed viewing the youthful faces of Julia Roberts,(Sabrina Peterson),"Closer",'04 and Nick Nolte,(Peter Brackett),"Clean",'04. I thought that Nick Nolte was too old an actor to play against Julia Roberts, but naturally, that is my opinion. The story starts out with a mysterious man carrying a business case containing a gun and various other items and all of a sudden there is bad train accident which disrupts the lives of Peter Brackett and Sabrina Peterson; who happen to be newspaper reporters for two different Chicago Newspapers. Peter Bracket is also an author of a new book that was recently published and becomes distracted with Sabrina Peterson in more ways than just one. They are both rivals for a big news story and are very much at odds with each other through out the entire picture. Funny and entertaining film from 1994.
Julia Roberts nude
posted on 16 Dec 2005If you're a heterosexual male, there's only one reason for seeing this movie, or any part of it. And if you're reading this comment, you probably already know what it is, from the one line summary. I did write it to get the attention of aforementioned group. If you're not in it, feel free to ignore this comment or despise me. I'm used to it. Anyway, yes, in this movie, there is one scene where Julia Roberts is, even confirmed by the trivia segment of the main site for this film, completely naked. Of course, we don't see all that much... she is against nude scenes, after all. But what we see is enough to form about as close to a complete (and realistic, mind you) mental picture of her body. Anyway, it's probably as close as we're ever going to get, anyway. About the one-hour mark in the movie, about halfway in, Roberts is bathing nude in some water. She gets up and begins to pick up her clothes, covered by Nolte whom she stands behind. Then some boy-scouts show up, and, being heterosexual males, they of course stare at the lovely Julia, and who can blame them? Anyway, after some chit-chat between Nolte and Roberts, Nick decides to be a man and let the boys have an eyeful... he walks away, leaving Roberts standing butt-naked in front of the boys. We get plenty of alluring shots of her back, legs and thighs from behind, and this sight alone is enough to please me... no need for full nude shots. This sequence is the only thing in the movie worth watching for any straight man, I'm sorry to say. Should I go through the normal routine? Why not. The plot is dull and pointless, not to mention predictable. The pacing is awful. The acting is flat. The characters are mostly stereotypes, and all paper-thin. If you are forced to watch this movie by a girl who couldn't tell a good movie if it hit her in the face, just look forward to that one scene. If it's on TV one night, just keep half an eye open for that scene. If you're able to see it on VHS or DVD for free with no obligation to see the whole thing, fast-forward or go directly to the scene. If you're not in the group that this comment refers to, then by all means see the movie. Try desperately to explain how the movie is good, or even decent. I'll gladly shoot your comments into the ground with simple reasoning. I have seen the movie a few times, and after the first time(where I payed attention) I have only seen this one scene attentively. Do I have anything against the two stars? Not at all. Do I have something against formulaic movies? Yes, but not if the movie does offer something new. Argue with me all you want, in my eyes there is nothing worth spending time on in this movie apart from that one scene, if you're a straight guy. I recommend this film only to people who don't care about quality in movies, and big fans of the actors. I do think, though, that every single straight guy in the world should see the scene I've mentioned at least once in their lifetime, unless they find Julia Roberts to be more than just a little unattractive, of course. 5/10
You'll love the other movies like it better
posted on 13 Dec 2005Dramatic comedy about two rivaling newspaper people, i should say, racing, and battling, each other for the story of their lives. I've seen this kind of thing a million times in the screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's and chalk this one up to be nothing more than a revisionist work of one or more of those. However, it is cute and fun to go through a rather entangled--though not too much--story with Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts who have excellent chemistry and seem perfect for their roles. But again, its nothing you haven't seen before, and the characters themselves seem reworked blueprints from old stories like "His Girl Friday" which Roberts may or may not have referenced even, telling Nolte, in the movies defense, she wasn't "his girl friday." Good but not great,see it if you have time. C-
Opposites Attract
posted on 17 Sep 2005This is a wonderfully entertaining love story, spiced up with adventure and intrigue. Nick Nolte plays the rough, tough male chauvinist while Julia Roberts charms us with her usual warm and attractive personality. The two are competing newspaper reporters who while chasing after the same headline story stumble upon a government and corporate conspiracy to conceal the truth about genetically enhanced milk producing cows. The director has beautifully combined the excitement of uncovering the conspiracy with the excitement of Nolte and Roberts falling in love. The interaction and chemistry between Nolte and Roberts is acted out superbly, never too much, never too little just enough to keep you excited with them to the very end.
o.k. movie
posted on 05 Sep 2005I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE,and I have to tell you the plot is really like something out of the 1970's.Although there is one good scene in it that I like.It is the scene were Julia Roberts character is getting out of the water at a lake dripping wet and naked,she is confronted by an entire group of boy scouts. Nick Nolty's character is the only thing standing between her and the boys about 10 to 14 years old.Julia Roberts begs him with everything inside her, not for him to move,he ask the boys,"ANYBODY GOT A CAMERA",then he grabs a very short towel she's managed to get hold of that cant even cover her,and snatches it off of her body stripping leaving her completely wet and naked, at the same time he runs away from her leaving her in absolute and complete shock!!! She is so shocked that if you slow this part down and look,she only tries to cover her boobs leaving her totally and completely wet and naked,and her privates and belly totally exposed to the boys who have her surrounded,allowing them to take pictures of her instantly!!She cant do anything from being in shock,but to stand there, trying to cover her boobs, and gasping loudly.
Not bad, but nothing spectacular either.
posted on 25 Dec 2004The 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.
Intended to evoke the old newspaper movies
posted on 24 Dec 2004Clearly intended to evoke the old newspaper movies of the '40's and '50's. Set in Chicago (of course) Even the transitions from one scene to another are right out of the old studio system films. You expect to see Gable or Bogart starring, but you get Nick Nolte. And Julia Roberts. Nolte is good, but...Roberts, as always, completely lights up the screen with her wide smile. The basis of the movie is the main characters banter, set against the plot. Banter just isn't the forte of Roberts and Nolte, who are better suited to dramatic roles. There's nothing wrong with this film, but it ends up being just OK.
I Love Trouble Great Flick like the ones Hollywood used to produce!
posted on 31 Oct 2004I loved this movie. It reminded me of an old Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in a detective novel. It just clicked so well as I watched it. Two unlikely people not interested in either one, meeting up, and sparks fly, but so does the love interest after awhile. It was exciting, it had all the earmarks of a 1940's film. I could see even Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel in the parts. It was that good! Something that gives you the flavor of the movies of the past, and also some of the new blended into a film that just makes you want to put your feet up get the popcorn and settle in and really be entertained. Don't miss this movie. Julia Roberts who is always at her best, makes comedy look so easy, and Nick Nolte plays the cad to a "T". Great Flick. I can watch it over and over again and not get tired of it. Well done!
Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts together in the same movie
posted on 11 Aug 2004"I Love Trouble" is an okay romantic comedy with some charm in certain points. But that's all.As a movie, it is generally watchable (at least during its first half). However, in the second half the movie seems to become way more slow, lame, goofy and with a notorious lack of interest and entertainment. Only the «crazy speed at the rain in the car» scene, the forced wedding scene and the thrilling ending (with some good action) are the good things about the second half. Other than that, not really. Why? Because before the thrilling ending, that sequence starts by taking too long to finally win some "life". Besides, there is a scene in a bar with dancing or country music, which is one of the most boring things for me in a movie. Not to mention that I don't see what's the point of both Peter Brackett and Sabrina Peterson keeping out-scooping each other.Nevertheless, until the first hour the movie is okay and contains some good humor. Besides, Nick Nolte is great as Peter Brackett and Julia Roberts is not bad as Sabrina Peterson.Overall, not a great movie, but certainly not as bad as they make it sound.
average "formula' movie, not really bad or unwatchable just unremarkable.
posted on 27 Jul 2004I love trouble isn't awful or outstanding, it's simply a by the numbers, at times pleasant movie that is extremely predictable but isn't a bad choice, particularly if your a Roberts or Nolte fan.I love trouble doesn't stick out in my mind at all as either great or awful and I suppose I enjoyed it, moderately. It's not a must see but is worth seeing on a rainy day as there is absolutely nothing about it that's dreadful.This part mystery part romance relies on Nolte and Roberts to carry it and if they had been exceptional together the by the numbers and predictable factor may not have mattered. But unfortunately, Roberts and Nolte certainly don't have much chemistry and they've both been better with other leads playing opposite. There are some fun moments in this and as mentioned, it's not really bad or dull as much as utterly predictable in every way, but it's not a movie where the chemistry of the two leads or the storyline will stick in one's mind after.There's nothing wrong with predictable sometimes but as predictable movies go I have seen much much better.This is probably about average or so.
Good, Clean Movie
posted on 15 Apr 2009Julia 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.