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Very Bad Things (1998)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:2

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: Mean-spirited and empty.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

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,... 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]

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

Starring: Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Peter Berg, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Leland Orser

Director: Peter Berg

Director: Peter Berg

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Berg is so in love with his escalating shock tactics that they quickly cease to shock.

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Peter Travers
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Rolling Stone
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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
Kenneth Turan
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Los Angeles Times
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The gross-out humor lacks edge, the guilt never kicks in, and the outrages are predictable. It's one flat brewski.

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J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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It's entertaining to a degree, but lacks all of the elements necessary to form a truly compelling motion picture.

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James Berardinelli
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...Berg's listless direction brings the film so little point of view that it doesn't much matter who lives or dies.

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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Berg ... brings wit, energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that's little more than a tasteless anecdote.

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Mick LaSalle
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San Francisco Chronicle
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It's extremely lousy material, but these guys make the most of it.

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Paul Tatara
Paul Tatara
CNN.com
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Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one.

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...uneven but frequently funny...

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