Nothing to Lose (1997)
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29% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
66% of users liked it
(46,782 ratings)
Two men with nothing in common become unlikely companions in this comedy. Advertising executive Nick Beame (Tim Robbins) is not having a good day when he comes home from work to discover that his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) is having an affair with another man -- who, adding insult to injury, happens… More Two men with nothing in common become unlikely companions in this comedy. Advertising executive Nick Beame (Tim Robbins) is not having a good day when he comes home from work to discover that his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) is having an affair with another man -- who, adding insult to injury, happens to be his boss, Phillip Barrow (Michael McKean). Deeply depressed, Nick hops into his SUV and starts driving aimlessly. He ends up in a rough neighborhood where a carjacker, T. Paul (Martin Lawrence), pulls a gun and jumps in the passenger seat. Nick grumbles "Boy, did you pick the wrong guy on the wrong day," and, thinking he has no reason to live, heads out to the desert over T. Paul's objections. Nick learns that T. Paul is actually a family man who has turned to crime because he can't get a job. Nick offers to help T. Paul, though crime is not one of his strong suits, and things get even more complicated when a pair of crooks, Rig (John C. McGinley) and Charlie (Giancarlo Esposito), start following them. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steve Oedekerk
- Written By
- Steve Oedekerk
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 18, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
For every fresh, funny scene... there is another that is incredibly forced.
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Karina Montgomery, Cinerina
Too embarrassing for Robbins
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Robbins and Lawrence make the perfect duo. Funny as hell.
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Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
Robbins' understated depression and Lawrence' hyperactive ranting are the perfectly hilarious foil for one another.
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Cast
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Martin Lawrence
as T. Paul
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Tim Robbins
as Nick Beame
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John C. McGinley
as David (Rig) Lanlow
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Giancarlo Esposito
as Charlie Dunt
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Kelly Preston
as Ann
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Michael McKean
as Phillip Barrow
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Rebecca Gayheart
as Danielle
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Susan Barnes
as Delores
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Irma P. Hall
as Bertha
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Patrick Cranshaw
as Henry
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Lisa Mende
as Emma
