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I Love Trouble (1994)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 7/18

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7/18: The Surgeon General should've posted a warning: "Too much Julia Roberts is hazardous to your digestion."

Indeed so. That's what happened during my viewing of I Love Trouble. Nick Nolte sinks to the nadir of his acting career by agreeing to star with Julia Roberts who's 26 years his junior which creates an "ick" factor during their kissing scenes.

Having done many great films for so long, Nick Nolte had nothing to gain from this. In fact, this piece of trivia is taken from Wikipedia: "According to Nolte, it's the worst film he has ever appeared in. He felt he sold his soul by doing it, and he did it only for the money. As a result, he was tense while on the set and did not have a good working-relationship with Julia Roberts."

They never got along with Nick Nolte calling Julia Roberts "not a nice person" and she labelling him "disgusting." For the film, I can't believe how ridiculous Nick Nolte made himself Mentos-like with the silly Robert Redford hair and a goofy grin on his face. Was the money so important? Nick Nolte wouldn't regain his form until 1997 when he appeared in Affliction.

On the other hand, Julia Roberts is an actress I've detested for many years, considering her to be nothing more than a square-jawed hick from the backwoods of Georgia. Two hours of watching Julia Roberts is too much. Her brother is way more talented.

Saul Rubinek is the most typecast villain actor of the 90's. Any time he appears in a film, I automatically know his character is up to no good. Saul Rubinek tried to play it off for so long in I Love Trouble, but I had him pegged right from the start until he revealed his true intentions which turned out to be a "no shit" moment.

The story is so convoluted (why the train derailment when a simple bullet in the head would suffice?) that I've been squirming in my seat to wait for the entire ordeal to end which took so long. How can Julia Roberts' reporter character appear from nowhere, working on a major story, after failing to establish her credentials?

All in all, I hope Nick Nolte learned his lesson that sacrificing talent for money is damning for the soul.