I Love Trouble (1994)
43%RT Audience Score: 33%
Awards & Nominations: NA
There appears to be no Love lost between the fatally mismatched coupling of Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in this screwball misfire that just isn’t worth the Trouble
I Love Trouble is like a bad blind date – you go in with high hopes and come out feeling disappointed and unfulfilled. The chemistry between Roberts and Nolte is more like a science experiment gone wrong than a romantic comedy. The plot is as generic as its title and the script takes us on a wild goose chase through the world of high-tech companies instead of letting us enjoy the banter between the two leads. Save yourself the trouble and skip this one.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some mild language, sensuality and gunplay
Year of Release
1994
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2005
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, James Rebhorn, Robert Loggia, Kelly Rutherford, directed by Charles Shyer, written by Nancy Meyers, produced by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Bruce A Block, comedy, PG, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kenneth Turan, Carrie Rickey, John Hartl, Gene Siskel, Jay Boyar, Michael Sragow, Stephen Hunter, Candice Russell, Dennis King, David Parkinson, Gary Thompson, I Love Trouble, reporters, train derailment, government conspiracy, corrupt scientists, romance, rival newspapers, competitive, tiffs, chemistry, screwball, misfire, fatal mismatched coupling, Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte, not worth the Trouble
Worldwide gross: $30,806,194
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $62,324,793
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,234
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 6,796,597
US/Canada gross: $30,806,194
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $62,324,793
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 970
US/Canada opening weekend: $7,827,002
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $15,835,006
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 761
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $45,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $91,040,642
Production budget ranking: 454
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $49,025,386
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$77,741,235
ROI to date (est.): -56%
ROI ranking: 1,720
Nick Nolte – Peter Brackett
Saul Rubinek – Sam Smotherman
James Rebhorn – Mando
Robert Loggia – Matt
Kelly Rutherford – Kim
Director(s)
Charles Shyer
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (36)
No one expects movies like this one, set as it is in the largely mythological world of fiercely competitive daily newspapering, to be realistic. But neither should they be as flaccid and unconvincing as what we are presented with here.
June 17, 2014
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Trouble is a sampler of the kind of roles Roberts and Nolte should play more often.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
Generic as its title, I Love Trouble is like a Xerox of a copy of a facsimile.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 2/4
John Hartl
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
Again and again, the I Love Trouble script takes us deeper and deeper into the machinations of a high-tech company when what we want to see is Nolte and Roberts outfox each other.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Is there chemistry between Roberts and Nolte? Not really. This by-the-numbers production is more like math than chemistry.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 1/5
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
It’s like the worst possible Newman-Redford vehicle: the script reduces the stars to twinkling mannequins, and their chemistry barely rises to the buddy-buddy level.
June 17, 2014
Michael Sragow
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
You can tell that they like each other by the way they hate each other. Shakespeare may have invented the recipe, Tracy and Hepburn may have refined it, but Nolte and Roberts certainly hold their own.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Stephen Hunter
Baltimore Sun
There’s a pervasive romanticism in I Love Trouble that depends on the chemistry generated by Roberts and Nolte.
June 17, 2014
Candice Russell
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The running badinage of Roberts and Nolte lacks the tartness and bite that made those classic couplings and the old screwballs crackle with contentious wit.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4
Dennis King
Tulsa World
If you can get your head round the idea of Julia Roberts as a ruthlessly ambitious newspaper reporter, then there’s plenty to enjoy in this frivolous comedy thriller.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
David Parkinson
Radio Times
The picture works, thanks in part to actual chemistry between Nolte and Roberts.
June 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News
Straight out of the His Girl Friday school of newspaper romances, Trouble is anemically formulaic and completely uninspired.
June 17, 2014
Leah Rozen
People Magazine…
Plot
Veteran reporter Peter Brackett is enjoying new found fame after his book “White Lies” is published. When his newspaper, “The Chicago Chronicle,” asks him to report on a train crash, he notices new reporter Sabrina Peterson. Brackett’s complacency gets rudely shocked by Peterson’s report for the rival “Chicago Globe.” What follows is a mad race between the reporters who then cook up possible events that led up to the crash. After an initial spate of mad reporting, both settle down to get the facts straight, which leads them to uncover opposing information. When each gets setup to be killed at the same place, they escape, then agree to work together. While they initially do not trust each other, they eventually work together to uncover the truth behind the train crash.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No specific tidbit is given about someone in the cast.
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