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The Pest (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 2
Rotten:16
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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Reviews for The Pest
If you have any doubt that John Leguizamo is not funny, this movie will handily reinforce that notion.
The script and Leguizamo's talents don't mesh, so the actor comes off as more offensive than funny.
There is not a socioeconomic, political, ethnic or gender group that is left unoffended.
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.
Essentially a collection of ethnic and bodily function jokes punctuated by chases.
It's the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers.
This film is utterly without discipline or focus in a way that -- to one's shame --one eventually finds oddly endearing.
Quick, someone find a no-pest strip - or even a fly swatter or a good bug spray.
By their nature, pests are meant to get under your skin and this one certainly does.
A revoltingly bad stinker that is easily in the running for the worst film of the decade.
Obviously, someone must have told Leguizamo he's a comic genius. Whoever did that isn't his friend.
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