Nothing But Trouble

Impressions before seeing it
I saw this movie a really, really long time ago. Possibly the year it was released, which would have been 1991. I only remembered a couple of little fragments, like Dan Aykroyd in his creepy old man makeup, and as one of the overweight, handicapped junkyard twins. Thought it might be a crazy, obscene comedy that was forgotten over time.

How was it?
Let's just say it was forgotten for a reason. It may have been funny back in 1991, but it isn't now because the humour is very outdated, and a little sparse. The acting feels very 90's as well, especially from Demi Moore, who gave the worst performance in the movie but isn't widely considered to be a great actress anyway.

There were a couple of things I did appreciate. It was kind of cool to see Dan Aykroyd and John Candy both playing dual roles, although their characters mainly just relied on physical appearances for laughs. Also the surrealism in this movie was interesting. The judge's (Aykroyd) mansion and all of it's contraptions and booby traps were completely unrealistic but kind of cool to see. I think it was more of an 80's/early 90's thing to put fantastical inventions and machinery into movies, because it doesn't seem to be as common these days. It was all entertaining, but the script had too many problems for me to say that I liked it. I don't think Chevy Chase's and Demi Moore's characters were fleshed out enough, because their romance is supposed to be the heart of the movie, and they're supposed to be the heroes, but I didn't find myself caring about them. Also some of the writing felt a little illogical - especially the last few scenes, where things seemed to happen randomly for little or no reason at all, followed by an abrupt cartoon ending. Nothing But Trouble is unique in a way, but weird in a worse way.

Recommendation
To be honest, this movie is probably actually better if you turn down the sound and throw on some music. The visuals will be entertaining enough and you wouldn't really be missing anything funny. So if you ever see it, do that.