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Man Trouble (1992)
Released By: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bob Rafelson
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Ellen Barkin, Jack Nicholson
Published ID: 3703
UPC: 024543130703,
Plot: Actor Jack Nicholson, writer Carole Eastman, and director Bob Rafelson re-team 22 years after their classic Five Easy Pieces, for this romantic comedy. Nicholson plays Harry Bliss, a small potatoes security expert unhappily married to a Japanese woman (he sarcastically calls her Iwo Jima during therapy sessions). Harry's life is coming apart at the seams -- not only is his marriage on the rocks, but the IRS and assorted creditors are nipping at his heels. Then opera singer Joan Spruance (Ellen Barkin) contacts him. It seems she wants Harry's help in obtaining an attack dog for her apartment, since an unknown person has been burglarizing her home and attacking her with an ax. Needless to say, Harry and Joan fall in love. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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These people are crazy, this is a great movie...
Added 3/19/2005

Ellen Barkin and Jack Nicholson are both great in this movie. I love it!
3 out of 6 people found this helpful.
Lousy
Added 1/4/2005

Did Nicholson read the script before signing for this movie? Was he broke that he had to act? Has he reached senility to accept to play in such a poor scenario?
Well, as a fan, I am totally disappointed. Don't waste your money for this, it is not worth.

2 out of 6 people found this helpful.
Strange and yet banal
Added 10/22/2004

Jack Nicholson is equal to himself in this film but the subject and the plot does not give him a lot of possibilities to reveal his talent. This meeting of a marginal man in society with an opera singer could have really proposed the exploration of two rich worlds that have little in common. The meeting argument being security and watchdogs it is casual and the subsequent love affair is purely accidental. Yet it is fiery and disturbed by an ex-husband and a very frustrated wife. But the film avoids any kind of depth. It remains superficial and purely anecdotal. It is a sort of fairy tale in the modern world. No discovery of the opera milieu and no discovery of the world of quasi-failing men. And what's more, the opera world is reduced to a Mass by Johan Sebastian Bach, which is not exactly an opera. It is sometimes funny, but only funny ah ah, though it could have been funny strange. A let down in other words for such an actor who must have had some pressing bills to pay at the time of the shooting.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

1 out of 4 people found this helpful.
AN Awfull Film
Added 7/14/2002

I turned it off after 20 minutes.
1 out of 11 people found this helpful.
Take your choice: Romance or Comedy
Added 4/20/2001

MAN TROUBLE gets 4 **** from me because the dogs didn't upstage the actors. I've never cared for romantic comedies which make you decide to choose between romance or comedy. That was the problem with this movie. I chose comedy and got lot of enjoyment from the 100 minutes watching Nicholson, the conster, spar his wits with Barkin, with his Asian wife, with . . . well, with the rest of the cast. I'll be watching this movie from time to time as there are many memorable scenes such as Barkin trying to give the "guard dog" commands in German. Bev D'Angelo, fruitcake mobster ex-wife,furnishes some wacko dialogue and comedy scenes.
4 out of 6 people found this helpful.
These people are crazy, this is a great movie...
Added 3/19/2005

Ellen Barkin and Jack Nicholson are both great in this movie. I love it!
3 out of 6 people found this helpful.
Lousy
Added 1/4/2005

Did Nicholson read the script before signing for this movie? Was he broke that he had to act? Has he reached senility to accept to play in such a poor scenario?
Well, as a fan, I am totally disappointed. Don't waste your money for this, it is not worth.

2 out of 6 people found this helpful.
Strange and yet banal
Added 10/22/2004

Jack Nicholson is equal to himself in this film but the subject and the plot does not give him a lot of possibilities to reveal his talent. This meeting of a marginal man in society with an opera singer could have really proposed the exploration of two rich worlds that have little in common. The meeting argument being security and watchdogs it is casual and the subsequent love affair is purely accidental. Yet it is fiery and disturbed by an ex-husband and a very frustrated wife. But the film avoids any kind of depth. It remains superficial and purely anecdotal. It is a sort of fairy tale in the modern world. No discovery of the opera milieu and no discovery of the world of quasi-failing men. And what's more, the opera world is reduced to a Mass by Johan Sebastian Bach, which is not exactly an opera. It is sometimes funny, but only funny ah ah, though it could have been funny strange. A let down in other words for such an actor who must have had some pressing bills to pay at the time of the shooting.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

1 out of 4 people found this helpful.
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