tbills2 Review of Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose (1997)

Robbins and Lawrence are a great comedy duo in Nothing to Lose

[6/10 · 1 February 2014]

I love how Tim Robbins' character loses his mind in Nothing to Lose! Nothing to Lose is a really funny, very good movie, mostly for its interesting interactions between Robbins and Lawrence's characters in their hilarious adventure they share together! Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence is a somewhat unusual pairing. Writer and director, Steve Oedekerk, came up with a great premise, a man down and out in his love life feeling like he's got nothing left to lose, Robbins, crosses paths with a car jacking thief looking for himself a little something to gain, Lawrence, and let's just say the two then proceed to hit it off in a very funny manner! Oedekerk really did fairly nice to bring the film's premise together as a very good film, fairly nice, but the end of the movie is a bit of an easy exit, and the beginning lead up to the movie's main portion of Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence is sort of scrambled and uncertain of how to get into the story, almost feeling like a different type of movie, thank God though that the sensational Kelly Preston plays a strong presence in the beginning, but once Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence meet, Nothing to Lose gets very good and amusing. The previous sentence I just wrote is rather pointless and I suggest that you do not even read it, except only for the part about the incredibly gorgeous Kelly Preston, oh wow! Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence make this movie as good as it became. These two stars share great chemistry with great comedic timing, even Robbins! Tim Robbins has never been this good in a comedy! He is funny! And Nothing to Lose is one of Martin Lawrence's better movies; it's up there with Life and Blue Streak for Lawrence's best comedy. Lawrence's best comedy is Life, but I can honestly say that I like all of his comedies, and honestly, what am I talking about, I love Martin Lawrence, of course I like all his comedies. Martin is like my favorite show! Martin is the greatest, Lawrence, not the show, well the show is but, so is Martin! When I first watched Nothing to Lose I loved it, and nothing has changed. Nothing to Lose is so funny, and the two lead actors, Robbins and Lawrence, really make the movie great. This movie is one of the moreso unknown about good comedies so you should give it a good chance if you haven't already seen it and it should be definitely worth it.