Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose
R | 18 July 1997 (USA)
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Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.

Reviews
Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Predrag This one is a "I've had a rubbish day I'm gonna eat a worm" staple for me. Yes, it's funny, and yes, in an obvious, non-intellectual, loud and very American sort of way. Tim Robbins is a serious actor but in this he lets his hair down starring along side Martin Lawrence.Martin Lawrence churns these sorts of films out every five minutes, but when this movie was released, he was still riding reasonably high from Bad Boys two years prior. But, casting Robbins in this was a really strange move. He'd just directed Dead Man Walking, and was still fresh from that prison movie (to be fair, the audience this was aimed at, probably had only just seen Shawshank on video when this was released). And it's a really curious movie, not really funny, and it has a really depressing edge to it. Robbins is wonderful in his role, and just looks like he's having a lot of fun, doing this for some release from all the seriousness. There is an interesting twist at the end (all comes out in the wash scenario), with lots of comedy sketches in between. Overall, the mix between comedy and story is well balanced, will keep you laughing until the very last scene.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
SnoopyStyle Successful ad exec Nick Beam (Tim Robbins) finds what appears to be his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) having sex with his boss Philip Barlow (Michael McKean). He's in shock and then T-Paul (Martin Lawrence) tries to carjack him. Instead, he kidnaps T-Paul drives him out into the Arizona desert. They decide to join up to rob Nick's boss in revenge for the affair.This boils down to simply whether one finds Martin Lawrence funny or not. He's funny with somebody like Will Smith but I don't find his other stuff that funny. I don't find his antics that funny. I need his partner to be loud enough and big enough to throw it all back at him. His partner should be quick and sharp. Only Will Smith has done it for me.
Pumpkin_Man Ever since I saw this at the theatre when I was 7 years old, this has been one of my favorite movies! Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence were awesome together! Robbins plays an advertising executive named Nick Beam who has a pretty good life and an awesome wife. One day when he comes home, he thinks he sees his wife and his boss having sex. After going into deep depression, he is almost mugged by a man named T. Paul. Nick turns the tables and kidnaps the robber. They soon become friends and come up with a plan to rob Nicks boss. They soon must deal with a pair of bad guys who also want the money. I highly recommend NOTHING TO LOSE!!!
Lee Eisenberg OK, so most of Martin Lawrence's movies are pretty worthless. But "Nothing to Lose" is pretty funny. Tim Robbins plays a yuppie who gets fed up with his life and drives into the ghetto. There, he meets up with a hoodlum (Martin Lawrence), and the two proceed to form their own plans...at any cost.I will admit that this movie has practically no artistic value, just a bunch of silly situations. But it's impossible not to like, as both men have to try and respect each other. And anyway, it's just funny when a rich white guy and black ghetto guy have to team up. Worth seeing, if only once.I wonder if anyone really does own a statue like that.