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Very Bad Things

1998

Peter Berg

Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern ...

6.2

16,210

Comedy. Thriller When five buddies arrive in Las Vegas for some pre-wedding shenanigans, things quickly spiral out of control when the requisite prostitute falls victim to a grisly accident, igniting a spark in an already unstable powder keg of personalities. Following the lead of real estate agent and self-help guy Robert (Christian Slater), the men warily agree on a cover-up and covert desert burial. A couple hours and another corpse later, however, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"If this material had been presented straight, as a drama, the movie would have felt more honest and might have been more successful (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"When it is good, the film by 'Chicago Hope' actor Peter Berg is very, very good, but when it is bad it is horrid."	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A black comedy which is not as smart as it thinks (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"Unlike genuinely amoral pics such as 'Heathers' or 'Shallow Grave,' it never seems really comfortable with its characters' actions."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[It] is packed with rude and clever twists, and it delves, with surprising force, into the hypocritical postures of corporate-era male bonding."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill"	NEG
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"There is a line between gallows humor and tastelessness, but Very Bad Things apparently doesn't have a clue where that might be."	NEG

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