Very Bad Things (1998)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 29
Mean-spirited and empty.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 9
Mean-spirited and empty.
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Peter Berg made his directorial debut with this black comedy about suburbanite Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau), his future bride Laura (Cameron Diaz) and his four pals -- brothers Adam (Daniel Stern) and Michael (Jeremy Piven), mechanic Charles (Leland Orser), and real estate agent Robert (Christian Slater). Kyle and gang head off to a stag-party fling in Vegas. The fun features hired stripper Tina (Carla Scott), killed accidentally during a bathroom make-out session with Michael. When a hotel
Nov 25, 1998 Wide
Apr 27, 1999
PolyGram
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Christian Slater
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Cameron Diaz
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Daniel Stern
Adam Berkow -
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Lois Berkow -
Jon Favreau
Kyle Fisher -
Jeremy Piven
Michael Berkow -
Leland Orser
Charles Moore -
Joey Zimmerman
Adam Berkow Jr. -
Tyler Cole Malinger
Timmy Berkow -
Carla Scott
Tina -
Russell B. McKenzie
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All Critics (66) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (29) | DVD (10)
Berg is so in love with his escalating shock tactics that they quickly cease to shock.
Top Critic...hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill.
The gross-out humor lacks edge, the guilt never kicks in, and the outrages are predictable. It's one flat brewski.
Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one.
A scabrous black comedy like no other I've ever seen...
Disappointing film, directed by a good actor, Peter Berg, who thinks his tale is clever and witty
Very Bad Things is a horrible hoot. It is one of those movies that put you through the wringer. It doesn't tickle the funny bone -- it pulverizes it. You don't know whether to laugh, gasp, or walk out.
Very Bad Things is a deliciously nasty morality tale that simply warns viewers that what goes around comes around.
...one of the more effective black comedies to come around in quite some time.
A Swiftian satire on white yuppies -- it's American Psycho with five psychos.
A vicious, disturbing black comedy that delivers a wickedly entertaining ride if you don't take it too seriously.
His [Berg] one serious mistake is to confuse gore with terror.
...the film wages a war against one's moral senses in a story that's unforgettable.
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