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Bookmark this pageNothing to Lose (1997)
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Nick (Robbins) and Ann (Preston) play husband-and-wife games in bed. He thinks she's a fat pig; she wants a divorce. Who can spin it out longest? Anyway, next day Nick gets off a late working assignment, only to catch Ann in bed with his boss (McKean). Stunned, he drives away, anywhere - to a hold-up at a red light in slumtown. It's T Paul (Lawrence) wanting Nick's wallet, waving a gun in his face. With a manic laugh and his foot on the gas, Nick defenestrates the money and drives the hapless sometime criminal to the Arizona desert for a round of mismatched comic capers. No surprises here. There are nods to the race issue, but this isn't exactly Tom Wolfe, and though some jokes work, more don't.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Martin Bregman, Dan Jinks, Michael Bregman
Cast: Tim Robbins, Martin Lawrence, John C McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael McKean, Susan Barnes, Rebecca Gayheart, Kelly Preston, Steve Oedekerk full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 98 mins
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