Man Trouble (film)

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Man Trouble is a 1992 romantic comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin. It was directed by Bob Rafelson, and written by Carole Eastman, who together had been responsible for 1970's Five Easy Pieces. This film is held in somewhat lower regard than that one, and was considered a high-profile flop upon release.

Nicholson plays Eugene Earl Axline (aka Harry Bliss), a guard dog trainer. Barkin is Joan Spruance, an opera singer, with whom he becomes romantically involved after she buys a guard dog from him. Beverly D'Angelo appears as her sister, and Harry Dean Stanton plays the sister's gangster ex-husband.