Nothing But Trouble (1991)

Director:

Dan Aykroyd

Writers (WGA):

Peter Aykroyd (story)
Dan Aykroyd (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

All they wanted was a little getaway. All they got was nothing but trouble.

Plot:

A businessman finds he and his friends the prisoners of a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in the backwoods of a bizarre mansion.

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Chase | Traffic Ticket | Weekend | Black Comedy

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Chevy Chase	...	Chris Thorne
Dan Aykroyd	...	Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
John Candy	...	Dennis / Eldona
Demi Moore	...	Diane Lightson
Valri Bromfield	...	Miss Purdah
Taylor Negron	...	Fausto Squiriniszu
Bertila Damas	...	Renalda Squiriniszu
Raymond J. Barry	...	Mark
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Brian
John Wesley	...	Sam
Peter Aykroyd	...	Mike the Doorman
Daniel Baldwin	...	Dealer #1 (Artie)
James Staszkiel	...	Dealer #2 (as James Staskel)
Deborah Lee Johnson	...	Dealer #1's Girlfriend
Karla Tamburrelli	...	Dealer #2's Girlfriend

Also Known As:

Git (USA) (working title)
Valkenvania (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Applied Action

Trivia:

Dan Aykroyd's directorial debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: During dinner, Judge Valkenheiser stops the model train takes some mustard from the tank car, and puts it on his plain hot dog. In the next shot, when he takes a bite, the hot dog is covered with ketchup, mustard, and shrimp salad.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Fausto: [as they leave a car and go into a building to a party] 20 minutes, hello, good-bye.
Renalda: Ok.

Movie Connections:

References "The People's Court" (1981)

Soundtrack:

Garden In The Rain

So bad it's not even interesting

I agree with the consensus. Burn the negatives. This is right up there with GIGLI as one of the absolute worst films ever made. I can hang with something like WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S which knows how dumb it is. But this... my god, I felt like I had just bathed in manure after watching it on HBO the other night. It made me feel icky and embarrassed and resentful all at once. I'm just amazed that, despite the clout of then-stars Ackroyd, Chase, and Candy, this POS ever was greenlit in the first place. It's an absolute trainwreck; NOTHING about it works! And again, other movies are actually humorous and a bit charming, even, because they are so flawed. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT comes to mind. And WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S too. But not this. This fails in every way imaginable.