Product Details

• Actors: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack
• Directors: John Cassavetes
• Writers: Andrew Bergman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 23, 1994
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302800773
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,867 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Falk and Arkin Can't Miss. Be Prepared to Laugh, March 29, 2003

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Gary Dedoussis (Parsippany, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Trouble [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious...on the order of "The In-Laws". Falk/Arkin great!, November 27, 1998

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[e-mail] (.... the sprawling metropolis of Jackson, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Trouble [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs, January 25, 2005

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M. Reed - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Trouble (DVD)

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).