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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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Reviews for The Pest
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.
This movie defies review. To critique it would be like writing about a restaurant that only serves birdseed. Of course, humans don't like birdseed -- it's not meant for our species.
The script and Leguizamo's talents don't mesh, so the actor comes off as more offensive than funny.
A revoltingly bad stinker that is easily in the running for the worst film of the decade.
Quick, someone find a no-pest strip - or even a fly swatter or a good bug spray.
Essentially a collection of ethnic and bodily function jokes punctuated by chases.
There is not a socioeconomic, political, ethnic or gender group that is left unoffended.
This film is utterly without discipline or focus in a way that -- to one's shame --one eventually finds oddly endearing.
By their nature, pests are meant to get under your skin and this one certainly does.
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.
If you have any doubt that John Leguizamo is not funny, this movie will handily reinforce that notion.
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.
It's the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers.
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