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The Pest (1997)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:2

Rotten:21

Average Rating:2.3/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The annoying antics of a hyperactive con artist (John Leguizamo) draw the ire of an eccentric huntsman. Soon, life for the pesky bugger becomes a less-than-delicate balance between staying alive... The annoying antics of a hyperactive con artist (John Leguizamo) draw the ire of an eccentric huntsman. Soon, life for the pesky bugger becomes a less-than-delicate balance between staying alive and extermination. A gut-busting variation on the classic, oft-filmed story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. [More]

Starring: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears

Starring: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears, Tom McCleister, Edoardo Ballerini

Director: Paul Miller

Director: Paul Miller
Producer: John Leguizamo, David Bar Katz

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It seems to be targeted at eight-year-old boys with attention-deficit disorder, and could have been more competently made by any one of them.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/04/09
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

Even surrounded by unbearable sloppiness, Leguizamo is fascinating to watch.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/04/09
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Pic exists solely to showcase Leguizamo's wild and crazy antics, which are very much an acquired taste.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/09
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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No review available.

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08/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Pass that can of Black Flag, hon.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/25/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

When Mr. Leguizamo isn't doing third-rate ethnic parody, he is wallowing in scatological jokes that are so poorly prepared and executed that they make similar antics by Mr. Carrey play like classic routines.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/30/04
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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No review available.

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08/20/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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08/04/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

No review available.

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05/29/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

If you have any doubt that John Leguizamo is not funny, this movie will handily reinforce that notion.

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02/02/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The script and Leguizamo's talents don't mesh, so the actor comes off as more offensive than funny.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Dwayne E. Leslie
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine

There is not a socioeconomic, political, ethnic or gender group that is left unoffended.

Full Review Source: Film Scouts | comment Comment
04/17/02
Leslie Rigoulot
Leslie Rigoulot
Film Scouts

Talented and versatile actor-comedian John Leguizamo indulges himself so totally with incessant mugging, mimicking and all-around showing off that he begins to wear out his welcome before the opening credit sequence is over.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Essentially a collection of ethnic and bodily function jokes punctuated by chases.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

It's the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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This film is utterly without discipline or focus in a way that -- to one's shame --one eventually finds oddly endearing.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Quick, someone find a no-pest strip - or even a fly swatter or a good bug spray.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

By their nature, pests are meant to get under your skin and this one certainly does.

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01/01/00
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

A revoltingly bad stinker that is easily in the running for the worst film of the decade.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
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