5/5 FORGOT
  by Candice Baker (Middlesex, NJ)
I HAD FORGOTTON HOW FUNNY THIS MOVIE WAS AND DID NOT NOTICE ALL THE WEIRD THINGS WHEN I WAS LITTLE UP UNTIL NOW WITH THE JUDGES NOSE... LOL... GREAT MOVIE

5/5 If you saw it as a child, you'll love it forever!!!
  by T. Malone (Chicago, IL)
I don't understand all the horrible reviews people are giving "Nothing But Trouble."

I mean, what more could one expect from a film starring Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and John Candy?!

This is one of my favorite films of ALL TIME. If you have children, LET THEM WATCH THIS FILM. Everyone I know who knows of (and loves) this film saw it as a child, and there is some weird quality about this movie that makes it that much more rewarding to experience the Valkenvania court house as a child.

Other movies that are also good to see as a child if for no other purpose than to revisit them years later as an adult: "She Devil," "Problem Child," "Problem Child II," "Death Becomes Her," "War of the Roses," and "The Worse Little Witch."

1/5 NOTHING BUT TROUBLE (WARNER BROS./1991)
  by prospero72 (Cox's Creek, Kentucky)
REVIEW: As the old cliche goes: comedy is a very subjective art form. What some people find hilarious to the point of hysterics, others may see as scraping the bottom barrel of stupidity. But if comedy itself is the hardest medium to master then BLACK comedy (that is: comedy which finds humor in the most distasteful of subject matter) is nearly impossible to bring across on screen or in front of a live audience unless you have an innate genius for such ribald material (a la Alfred Hitchcock or Mel Brooks). Case in point here: Dan Aykroyd's deliberately whacked-out, over-the-top, disgusting, cornball of a movie "NOTHING BUT TROUBLE". In it he plays a 106-year-old Justice Of The Peace named Alvin Valkenheiser who presides over a carnival-house court, and who is quick to pronounce a death sentence for the most mundane of traffic violations. His latest "capture" is big-time stock report publisher Chris Thorne (Chase) who is helping a lady in distress (Moore) by driving her to Las Vegas in order to settle some personal business there. Also on board are two annoying South American "Brazillionares" who impose themselves upon Chase and Moore when they overhear their travel plans. On their way the two of them suggest they have a picnic: Moore agrees, Chase grumbles, and soon the foursome are zooming through Valkenvania where they get pulled over by patrolman John Candy. But their nightmare has only begun as they witness first-hand the outlandish antics of Justice Valkenheiser, are treated to a memorably bizarre dinner, and are imprisoned for the night where they sneak out and discover a whole lot more about Valkenvania then they really wish they had ever known. All of this sounds fairly interesting: but with the exception of Candy (in a dual role as the patrolman and the mute strongman...er...strongwoman Eldona), and the painstaking production design there really isn't much here to get excited about. For one thing: it just isn't very funny. And nothing is more painful and depressing than watching a comedy that isn't funny. Especially one that resorts to such desperate measures as making Aykroyd wear a prosthetic nose that looks like a certain part of the male anatomy, or having him and actor John Deveikis dress up in a couple of rubber suits in order to portray two overgrown monster babies. This is as bad as movie making gets. HARSH LANGUAGE: about 32 words. VIOLENCE: about 10 scenes of moderate-to-gross violence. NUDITY/SEXUAL REFERENCES: about 3 (as well as the aforementioned prosthetic "nose" of Justice Valkenheiser). DRUG REFERENCES: some drinking, smoking, and a scene where Candy pulls over a carload of dope dealers sampling their own goods.


RAZZIE AWARDS: Worst Supporting Actor (Dan Aykroyd)

RAZZIE AWARD NOMINATIONS: Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Demi Moore), Worst Supporting actress (John Candy - in drag), Worst Screenplay (Dan Aykroyd), Worst Director (Dan Aykroyd)



1/5 Not funny
  by Hairy Larry (Toronto, Ontario)
Not funny, uninterestingly perverse in a non-sexual way; normally interesting actors trapped in a truly awful movie.

1/5 Nothing.
  by James Richard Flavin (Iwaki, Japan)
The title should have been simply, "Nothing" I've seen some real stinkers over the years, but this film is in its own league. The film's only possible saving grace might be in using it in one of those old, "This is your brain on drugs." TV ads.