VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

zardoz-13 If you've seen the trailer for the Tim Robbins & Martin Lawrence caper comedy "Nothing to Lose," you've caught the best parts of the show. This asinine interracial comedy of errors about an odd couple who buddy up and resort to crime sparkles only when comic genius Martin Lawrence excretes his trademark scatological ghetto routines. "Nothing to Lose" runs low on laughs because writer & director Steve Oedekerk devotes greater effort to promoting it as a play on morality rather than an exercise in hilarity.Oedekerk directed "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" so the guy must have some idea about what tickles the funny bone. Sadly, he has warmed up a soupy script teeming with coincidental strokes of luck, mistaken identities, rabid improbabilities, and formula plot twists. "Nothing to Lose" uses the hackneyed story about the hero who thinks that he saw something that he never actually saw. Drawing the wrong set of conclusions, he brings disaster to a boil. The Tim Robbins character in "Nothing to Lose" follows this recipe for fiasco and finds himself in the soup. Eventually, Robbins learns that everything is not always quite what it seems. By this time, the Robbins character is chin deep in excrement. Miraculously, the movie formula itself dictates some cornball reversal to restore the status quo without any dire consequences for the hero.Advertising executive Nick Beam (Tim Robbins) has a fun job, a loyal wife, and a flaky boss who collects erotic pottery. Nick and wife Ann (Kelly Preston) play games where they tease each other about divorce and extramarital sex. One day Nick gets home early and finds Ann in bed with his boss Philip Barrow (Michael McKean). Too stunned to interrupt them, Nick backs out the door. He cruises through a four-way stop sign without braking, stalls out freeway traffic, and then exits on an off-ramp into a dangerous African-American neighborhood. You know you're in danger in a black neighborhood in a movie when you hear gangsta rap music on the soundtrack. When Nick isn't paying attention, Terrence Davidson (Martin Lawrence of "Bad Boys") tries to carjack him. "You picked the wrong guy on the wrong day," Nick smirks. Not even the gun shoved in his nose can deter the now reckless Nick. Locking the doors, he subjects Terry to a careening, suicidal rampage through the city. Along the way, Nick pitches his wallet so Terry cannot steal it. Ultimately, they wind up in Arizona.After a scuffle at a desert restaurant, Nick agrees to drive Terry home. At an isolated gas station, Nick pumps while Terry pays. Nick looks up and realizes to his horror that Terry is holding up the gas station. When Nick tries to flee, he discovers that Terry has taken the keys. The irritated redneck armed with a shotgun chases our tainted heroic duo in his wrecker. Our heroes miraculously escape not only the redneck but also a state trooper. That part appears in the trailer, too. Nick lectures Terry about the immorality of crime and then suggests that he wear a mask for his robberies. The gun that Terry brandished on Nick, as it turns out, was empty. Nick also advises Terry to go for the big haul. Inspiration ignites Nick's memory. His boss has a safe crammed with big bucks. Nick knows how to get into it. Reluctantly, Nick takes Terry on as his partner in crime to buy his silence.At the next gas station, Terry pumps and Nick pays. The paranoid gas station clerk gets the drop on Nick when he spots Terry's gun tucked into his belt. Nick pulls a fast one, gets the drop on the clerk, pays for the gas, and they leave. Meanwhile, an unsavory pair of thugs, Lanlow (John C. McGinley of "The Rock") and Charlie (Giancarlo Esposito of "Malcolm X"), spot Nick and Terry. These thugs think that Nick and Terry are trying to muscle in on their turf. After the state trooper had his collision with the redneck in the wrecker, he issues an APB for these guys, not our clueless protagonists. Lanlow and Charlie waylay our heroes. Nick and Terry manage to escape them and pinch every dollar out of Philip's safe. Not content to settle for cash, Nick breaks Philip's favorite fertility statue. To savor his revenge, Nick stands in front of the surveillance camera and removes his mask.Believe it or not, everything in "Nothing to Lose" resolves itself happily at fadeout. Indeed, this comedy of errors belongs in the happy endings category. "Nothing to Lose" depends on coincidence. Steve Oedekerk's script rewards good behavior and punishes bad behavior. The problem is everything in "Nothing to Lose" is so unlikely and outlandish that it is stupid! If these characters didn't act dumb, there'd be no "Nothing to Lose." First, if Nick and Ann always play jokes on each other, why wouldn't Nick crash their party? Oedekerk sets up a premise and then knocks it down. Second, Nick decides to pursue a life of crime because his wife dumped him. Terry and he rob a couple of stores. The hardware store robbery for a bag and two flashlights is pretty funny. Neither Nick nor Terry assails innocent bystanders. They are the heroes. Terry's wife considers Nick a good role model for her errant and unemployed husband. But it's Terry's criminal response to life's dislocations that Nick imitates until he recovers his senses. Nevertheless, in the long run, our heroes suffer not for their crimes.Unfortunately, "Nothing to Lose" erupts with only sporadic humor. Our heroes spend a lot of time snapping at each other. They don't have the time to be funny because the story is too busy shuffling them around the game board of movie morality where they can commit crimes without being classified as criminals, much less punished. You'll have "Nothing to Lose" if you skip this lame comedy.

RoseNylan But unfortunately that is not saying much of anything. Have you seen some of the awful movies Lawrence has made? I mean, Black Night? Big Momma's House? Blue Streak? Come on.This movie had some good points: The cookie guy who leaves a trail of poop behind him, a half decent (stress on half, not decent) plot, and, best of all, the fact that Lawrence wasn't the main character.A lot of the comedy in this movie was subjective. One person might find it funny, while another finds it just plain childish.Ultimately, it's watchable. If anyone's looking for a Martin Lawrence movie that isn't horrible, look no further. Seriously, stop looking. I mean it.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie surprised me how entertaining it was. It's simple like most other mismatched buddy-flicks but this movie has a certain bit of extra, which not in the least thanks to its fine solid cast.Thank goodness it's not the type of comedy that forces its humor upon people. The comedy of the movie is more in the chemistry between Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins. Yes, it sounds weird but Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence are really a great screen duo, with some nice comedy chemistry, that get themselves into some fun trouble when by coincidence embarking on a sort of road-trip together. Like in all road-movies, some crazy characters pop-up. The most sensational one's in this movie are being played by John C. McGinley and Giancarlo Esposito, who form a criminal-duo. The diversity of John C. McGinley as an actor is amazing. Just look at the list of movies he has done and the characters he has played.But the greatest power of the movie is the chemistry between the two main actors and their individual comical skills. Tim Robbins is a great serious actors, who just happens to like doing comedies as well from time to time. But on top of that he also really has talent for the genre. He knows how the deliver the lines in the right way and knows how to time his moments. Martin Lawrence also has been the sort of comical-actor who fun with his dialog. As a stand-alone actor and when he needs to carry a movie on his own he just isn't good enough but when he teams up with another great comical actor (for example as was the case with Will Smith in "Bad Boys"), he's truly at his best and most fun to watch.The story unfolded nicely and slowly. Nothing got forced and things just happened as they came along, such as always is the case in road-movies. It at the same time also makes the movie surprising, or at least not as predictable or formulaic as most other comedies. The movie has a couple of greatly build-up moments, some more subtle than the other, but always fun and in some cases even hilarious to watch. Look out for Irma P. Hall as Martin Lawrence's character's mother! It's true that the movie doesn't live up to its fine fast paced start but nevertheless the movie remains fun to watch throughout.It's a movie surprisingly well worth seeing!7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews I've never really liked Steve Oedekerk. I want to give his movies a chance, but I'm not very happy with the fate and state of the second Ace Ventura film and I just am not into his humor. I've never really understood why physical violence, repetition and "silly"/stupid humor was funny. I remember watching this some years back, and, heck, I don't know, something in me just wanted to watch it again. I could remember the plot(well, the basics of it) and the majority of the jokes I could either remember in detail or they didn't seem familiar at all(meaning, I most likely didn't find them funny the first time I watched it). I believe the number of times I laughed while watching this could be counted on the hand of an overeager and careless teenager right after he's celebrated New Year's Eve or the 4th of July. And that might even be both viewings put together. But somehow... I never really wanted the movie to end. I never felt remotely like turning it off and I would be lying if I claimed to have been bored by it. The plot, sure, it's simple... but it works. It develops nicely, too, and, as stereotypical and ludicrous as these characters were... I kid you not, I felt for them. Oedekerk treads the fine line between melodrama and discreet character development masterfully. The dialog has moments of grandeur. The acting is credible. As lame as the following may sound... it is a pleasure to watch Oedekerk himself, in his little role, just getting wacky and zany. The man is clearly enjoying himself, and it's hard not to smile at, and not in a cruel way(though that may be what he intended). And could the movie possibly feature a better soundtrack? I don't think there was a single song that I didn't care for or thought didn't fit(and they all do seem to be songs... complete with lyrics... unusual, but it works, and it works *great*). To anyone not into the genre, I must warn you... some of it is, indeed, rap. It's not really dominating, though, and it's not that much of the music, anyway. Lawrence and Robbins have pretty good chemistry together... as buddy-comedy pairings go, this is one of the luckier ones. And to anyone else out there who have noticed John C. McGinley's name on the cast list and are hoping that he plays something similar to Dr. Cox... I can assure you, while he doesn't have an awful lot of screen-time, he does, in fact, portray a character possessing many of the same characteristics(well, let's be honest, he hardly ever plays something in the other end of the spectrum, anyhow... not that I mind, mind... you). All in all... I cannot, for the life of me, explain why, but this movie entertained me. I didn't laugh, but I never felt like I was wasting my time, either. Somehow, this just works, even if you don't care for the humor contained within. Oedekerk, you've shown a new side of yourself. I shall seek out more of your work to see if this was a lucky coincidence... or if you truly have that talent. I recommend this film... I don't know, I guess mainly to fans of Mr. Oedekerk, and possibly the actors Robbins, Lawrence and McGinley. 7/10