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Very Bad Things

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Very Bad Things (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 18  Rotten:28 Average Rating: 5.4/10
 
Consensus: Mean-spirited and empty. Mean-spirited and empty. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis:
When a group of friends go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, things begin to go wrong when the party's stripper dies. Attempting to cover up her death only leads to greater, and grislier, complications. A brutally dark comedy written and directed by Peter Berg of "Chicago Hope" fame.... [More]
When a group of friends go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, things begin to go wrong when the party's stripper dies. Attempting to cover up her death only leads to greater, and grislier, complications. A brutally dark comedy written and directed by Peter Berg of "Chicago Hope" fame. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Peter Berg, Daniel Stern

Director: Peter Berg

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 4, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Dual Layer
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - 1. Cast and Crew

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...one of the more effective black comedies to come around in quite some time.

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10/13/07 05:21 AM
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A Swiftian satire on white yuppies -- it's American Psycho with five psychos.

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07/24/07 05:41 AM
Rob Gonsalves
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A vicious, disturbing black comedy that delivers a wickedly entertaining ride if you don't take it too seriously.

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03/04/06 08:57 PM
Chuck O'Leary
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07/21/05 04:01 AM
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Garth Franklin
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09/29/04 11:42 AM
Dragan Antulov
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Eugene Novikov
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04/25/03 08:12 AM
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His [Berg] one serious mistake is to confuse gore with terror.

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10/15/02 08:21 AM
Margaret A. McGurk
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09/10/02 08:21 AM
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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...the film wages a war against one's moral senses in a story that's unforgettable.

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06/05/02 08:17 AM
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine
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The trouble is that Berg doesn't seem sure how to draw matters to a close.

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03/03/02 08:14 AM
Xan Brooks
Sight and Sound
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There are some hysterically funny bits, but the excessive violence sometimes kills the laughter.

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01/09/02 08:13 AM
Stephen Farber
Movieline
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Berg is so in love with his escalating shock tactics that they quickly cease to shock.

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05/11/01 07:56 PM
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Sets the controls for the heart of the sun and never looks back.

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04/02/01 03:47 AM
Andrew Howe
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a blood-soaked parody of the American dream

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02/27/01 05:51 PM
James Kendrick
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...hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill.

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02/14/01 12:38 AM
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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