Nothing But Trouble (1991), what a bizarre, fun as hell movie

Submitted by SupaKoopa714 t3_z5oqvl in movies

I'm a huge fan of the podcast Last Podcast on the Left and its brother and sister shows, and for years and years Nothing But Trouble has been a running joke amongst all the hosts. They're allways dropping references to it, named a tour after the movie, and even started a joke campaign to raise the Rotten Tomatoes score, which resulted in the score dropping, because in their words "People are actually watching it and realizing it really isn't a very a good movie!"

Sure enough it's got a 5/10 on IMDb and a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, so between that and these various podcasts always admitting the movie actually does suck, I was a little turned off about watching it, but last night I finally gave it a go and wound up having a blast.

I mean, for starters Dan Aykroyd is just hilarious going full ham as the judge. I feel like if just about any other actor did that role it'd be unwatchable, but Dan Aykroyd's got some sort of charm to him that makes the character an absolute riot.

I also absolutely loved the visuals, there was something about the chaotic, spooky junkyard setting that was really aesthetically pleasing to me. It reminded of the I, Spy books I read as a kid, where each page was this intricately detailed setpiece and you'd have to find bits and pieces in each scene.

Then you just have how unhinged and weird the movie was. You have the dinner scene, you have John Candy both as a cop and as his own sister, which is just John Candy with a dress, makeup, a wig, and fake tits, you have the judge executing people with the Mad Max-esque rollercoaster, the Bonesplitter, you have the whole scene with the judge bringing in a bunch of rappers (including a pre-fame Tupac Shakur, oddly enough) and performing a rap number with them, with him jamming out an organ solo, which ultimately winds up being a pretty pointless scene, you have the grotesque diaper-wearing man-baby twins, Bobo and Lil Debbul, you have the judge's nose looking like a dick at a random points of the movie, there's just so many strange moments and details in Nothing But Trouble that make it the ultimate "What the fuck am I watching?!" flick.

I almost don't even know if I can really recommend it or not since it technically isn't that great of a movie, but it's so batshit insane that it somehow loops around to be extremely fun to watch. I think I'm mostly curious how many other broken people there are out there that enjoy it as much as I do.

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Keeble64 t1_ixxo258 wrote

Nothing But Trouble is what happens when you give Dan Aykroyd total control of a project. His script for Ghostbusters was like 1000 pages long and involved multiple teams of Ghostbusters traveling through interdimensional space competing to catch ghosts. He's like the scifi equivalent of 80's coke fueled Stephen King.

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wanderingsailor36 t1_ixx8tdh wrote

This and Freaked with Alex Winter and Randy Quaid were my favorite weird gross out films as a kid.

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Informal-Active-6799 t1_ixxbo3u wrote

One of my favorite parts of this movie is that 2Pac actually makes an appearance with the Digital Underground. Otherwise that movie is absolutely insane but pretty good in its own regard

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sopapillasopapilla t1_ixx89v5 wrote

I just watched “Nothing But Trouble” a couple days ago and I’ve got to say I liked it a hell of a lot more than I did thirty years ago. But I didn’t have weed then. It must have been a very expensive to make. It’s a spectacle. There’s alot going on.

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tedead t1_ixx8wkp wrote

The dick nose really cracked me up.

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Cyberwraith9 t1_ixxg2s3 wrote

I only know the movie from Red Letter Media's re:View of it, but I find it endlessly fascinating. Maybe enough to watch the actual movie one day. Maybe...

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patrickwithtraffic t1_ixxqee0 wrote

My favorite bit about that review is they spend the entire time talking about how entertainingly weird the film is, but at the end Jay asks, "it's billed as a comedy, so is it funny?" Both of them go, "nope."

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Thud2 t1_ixx8slf wrote

Too bad it sucked so bad.

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SupaKoopa714 OP t1_ixxi1ss wrote

Kind of? I mean, there's good movies, there's bad movies, and there's so-bad-they're-good movies, and I feel like Nothing But Trouble somehow manages to be all three at once.

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jackfaire t1_ixy7lep wrote

I was 11 when I saw this one and it gave me nightmares awesome movie but damn

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latestagepersonhood t1_ixyhjms wrote

The whole movie feels like being offered half a cookie by sick toddler. It makes me feel ill in a way that even Cronenberg films cannot.

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AdamvHarvey t1_ixyirqh wrote

I love this movie. I always tell people about Tupac being in it. Lol

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Jagermonsta t1_ixz07ay wrote

This is one of those movies I discovered as a kid. Didn’t know the name of it until it came out on dvd. I just remembered catching it on tv at random times. Made several friends watch it over the years on late night tv. Loved it. I knew it wasn’t a great movie but it was goofy, weird fun. I bought the shout select Blu-ray as soon as it was released.

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