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Nothing to Lose (1997)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:5

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: After being unceremoniously cuckolded, yuppified corporate flunky Nick fires up his SUV and sallies forth on a reckless ride to nowhere. En route, an equally desperate, chronically unemployed... After being unceremoniously cuckolded, yuppified corporate flunky Nick fires up his SUV and sallies forth on a reckless ride to nowhere. En route, an equally desperate, chronically unemployed urbanite, T. Paul, ill-advisedly attempts to carjack Nick, only to be pulled inside and brought along on a wild journey that leads from the L.A. slums to the Arizona badlands. [More]

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean, Rebecca Gayheart, Susan Barnes, Irma P. Hall, Samaria Graham, Marcus Paulk, Penny Bae Bridges, Steve Oedekerk, Mary Jo Keenen, Lisa Mende, Clark Reiner, Ned Gill, Patrick Cranshaw, Randy Oglesby, Steven M. Porter, Robert Louis Kempf, Dave Lea, Dan Martin, Lance August, Joe Minjares, Carl Sundstrom, Hank Garrett, Selma Stern, Caroline Keenan, Jim Meskimen, J.J. Boone, Kim Kim, Jodi Jinks, Willy Parsons, Victoria Redstall

Director: Steve Oedekerk

Director: Steve Oedekerk
Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Martin Bregman, Dan Jinks, Michael Scott Bregman
Composer: Robert Folk

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Robin Clifford
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For every fresh, funny scene... there is another that is incredibly forced.

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

Too embarrassing for Robbins

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Karina Montgomery
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Robbins and Lawrence make the perfect duo. Funny as hell.

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Robbins' understated depression and Lawrence' hyperactive ranting are the perfectly hilarious foil for one another.

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08/22/02
Audrey Rock-Richardson
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Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

A fantastic comedy. Lawrence and Robbins share an electric chemstry.

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