Themes: Members of the Press, Whistleblowers, Opposites Attract
Main Cast: Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, James Rebhorn, Robert Loggia
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In the style of the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, I Love Trouble depicts the developing romance of two rival reporters who reluctantly fall for each other while competing for a major scoop. Old hand Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) and aspiring newcomer Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts) first meet when they are both assigned to cover a mysterious train crash. The pair immediately develops a connection despite their professional rivalry, and they decide to work together. Sensing something fishy about the crash, they look deeper and are soon fighting to expose a wide-ranging conspiracy, while also struggling to outmaneuver and out-charm each other along the way. Co-creators Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers, who previously found success harking back to 1940s comedy in Father of the Bride, borrow heavily from His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, and other screwball classics. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Olympia Dukakis - Jeannie; Kelly Rutherford - Kim; Marsha Mason - Sen. Gayle Robbins; Eugene Levy - Justice of the Peace; Charles Martin Smith - Rick Medwick; Dan Butler - Wilson Chess; Paul Gleason - Kenny Bacon; Jane Adams - Evans; Lisa Lu - Virginia Hervey; Nora Dunn - Lindy; Mike Bacarella - Train Station Engineer; Blair Baron - Flight Attendant; Kevin Breznahan - Groom; Lisa Cloud - Reporter; Robin Duke - Sandra; Frankie R. Faison - Police Chief; Clark Gregg - Darryl Beekman Jnr; Oscar Jordan - Globe Secretary; Jessica Lundy - Flight Attendant; Dorothy Lyman - Suzie; Annie Meyers-Shyer - Student Librarian; Hallie Meyers-Shyer - Girl in Barn; Andy Milder - Copy Man; Stuart Pankin - Society Photographer; Eric Poppick - Steak House Waiter; Mary Seibel - Woman Walking Dog; Nestor Serrano - Pecos; Barry Sobel - Delivery Man; Laura Tate - Nadia; Keith Gordon - Andy; Paul Hirsch - Man on Plane; Michael Quill - Security Guard; Rebecca Cross - Chess Chemical Tour Guide; Larry Margo - Reporter; Patrick St. Esprit - Assassin; Bonnie Timmermann; Megan Cavanaugh - Mrs Beekman; Lucy Lin - Kim's Friend; Richard Brown - Minister
Credit
Alex Tavoularis - Art Director, John D. Schofield - Associate Producer, Julie B. Crane - Associate Producer, Bonnie Timmermann - Casting, Bruce A. Block - Co-producer, Susan Becker - Costume Designer, Bruce Carter - First Assistant Director, Chuck Picerni, Jr. - First Assistant Director, K.C. Colwell - First Assistant Director, Charles Shyer - Director, Adam Bernardi - Editor, Paul Hirsch - Editor, Lynzee Klingman - Editor, Richard Marks - Editor, Walter Murch - Editor, Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), David Newman - Composer (Music Score), Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), Richard Bryce Goodman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Richard Dean - Makeup, Brad Wilder - Makeup, Dean Tavoularis - Production Designer, John Lindley - Cinematographer, Tom Priestley Jr. - Cinematographer, Roger Birnbaum - Producer, Nancy Meyers - Producer, Joe Roth - Producer, Gary Fettis - Set Designer, James Murakami - Set Designer, Nick Navarro - Set Designer, Nancy Tobias - Set Designer, Sean Haworth - Set Designer, William O'Brien - Set Designer, Stan Parks - Special Effects, Jack Gill - Stunts, Nancy Meyers - Screenwriter, Charles Shyer - Screenwriter
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson (Roberts) and Peter Brackett (Nolte) reluctantly join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy and bite off more than they can chew while pursuing the story and bickering along the way - and falling in love, despite the fact that he's many years older than she.
Sabrina is an ambitious, gifted reporter willing to do whatever it takes to learn the truth about the train accident, which leads her into conflict, then reluctant partnership, with fading star newsman Peter who works for a rival paper. He is her polar opposite: he chases women, smokes cigars, and has just published his first novel. During their pursuit of the story, Peter and Sabrina clash over virtually everything.
