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Big Trouble

starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack
directed by: John Cassavetes

 : Big Trouble

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404908505
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404908501
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledJapaneseSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 043396103627
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 22, 2003
Running Time: 93 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1986




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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/22/2009 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: R

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The last film directed by John Cassavetes, Big Trouble reteamed some of the creators of the much funnier The In-Laws. But despite another script by Andrew Bergman, and a cast that reunited Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, this comedy doesn't live up to its predecessor. A spoof of Double Indemnity, the film casts Arkin as a nervous insurance agent faced with huge college tuition bills for a trio of sons headed for Yale. To make extra money, he gets involved in a scheme with a woman (Beverly D'Angelo) trying to kill her husband (Falk). That the whole thing turns out to be an adventure in insurance fraud shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite an inconsistent script, the chemistry between Arkin and Falk can still produce the occasional laugh. --Marshall Fine



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Bow wow
Don't be fooled by the big name cast, script writer, and director. This film is a dog. A complete dog. The story is wholly unbelievable, the laughs are few and far between, and the overall production makes one wonder about the sobriety of all concerned. It isn't a screwball; it isn't black comedy; it isn't much of anything. Arkin has never made anything this bad.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs
For a fascinating behind-the-scenes info about Big Trouble and a list of books about Cassavetes' work, go to Ray Carney's website dedicated to John Cassavetes (found through any search engine).




Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Falk and Arkin Can't Miss. Be Prepared to Laugh
The In-Laws is the standard, but there are scenes in this one that I still can't get through without choking laughter 15 years later. This movie goes beyond off the wall in some spots, and the cast gets it done. It's all about Arkin, Falk, and of course, Richard Libertini in an "In-Laws" like wacky role. No cerebral stuff going on here, but you'll laugh throughout. Find this movie somehow. You won't be sorry



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Cassavetes fans, don't bother.
This film, as far as I know, is the "real" last film Cassavetes directed -- not LOVE STREAMS, alas, though that makes a much more fitting final movie. Cassavetes was probably trying to generate funding for a film biography of Django Rheinhardt he was preparing to make (which, of course, he never did get to); either that or he was doing a favor for his friend Peter Falk. In any case, the film has NO bearing on Cassavetes other work. You'll see no sign of his touch at any point, and little sign that ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - hilarious...on the order of "The In-Laws". Falk/Arkin great!
A follow up (but not a sequel) to the comedy "The In-Laws", Peter Falk and Alan Arkin pick up where they left off. A lighthearted comedy about an insurance salesman (Arkin) who unwittingly gets caught up in a scheme by Falk and his wife, played by Beverly D'Angelo. Many twists and turns in this classic! You will long remember the highway scene, the nose reconstruction, the drink, the kidnapping, the drugstore, the train, the homeless man, the adjuster. 4.9 stars



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