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Very Bad Things

Very Bad Things

44%
  • R, 1 hr. 51 min.
  • Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Peter Berg
    In Theaters:
    Nov 25, 1998 Wide
    On DVD:
    Apr 27, 1999
  • PolyGram

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Very Bad Things Reviews

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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Original Score: 1/4

January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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It's entertaining to a degree, but lacks all of the elements necessary to form a truly compelling motion picture.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 2.5/4

January 1, 2000
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Original Score: 2/5

April 2, 2005
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Original Score: low 0 out of -4..+4

January 1, 2000
Sean Axmaker
Nitrate Online

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | Original Score: 5/10

January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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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.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | Original Score: 2/5

January 1, 2000
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Berg is so in love with his escalating shock tactics that they quickly cease to shock.

| Original Score: 2/5

May 11, 2001
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | Original Score: C

January 1, 2000
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

September 29, 2004
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | Original Score: 0/4

January 1, 2000
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

| Original Score: 2/4

May 20, 2003
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

| Original Score: 4/10

January 1, 2000
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

Its utter pointless sadism makes the movie unwatchable.

Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com | Original Score: 0/5

January 1, 2000
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Full Review Source: Cinematter | Original Score: 1.5/4

January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | Original Score: 2/5

January 1, 2000
Mike DeWolfe
Apollo Guide

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Original Score: 61/100

January 1, 2000
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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...uneven but frequently funny...

Full Review Source: Detroit News | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

There is a line between gallows humor and tastelessness, but Very Bad Things apparently doesn't have a clue where that might be.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Original Score: 1.5/5

January 1, 2000
Paul Tatara
CNN.com
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It's extremely lousy material, but these guys make the most of it.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | Original Score: 3/5

January 1, 2000
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

...unpleasant and extremely unfunny...

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | Original Score: 0/4

January 1, 2000
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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April 9, 2005
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
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May 22, 2003
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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September 10, 2002
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
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January 1, 2000
Andrew Howe
Film Written Magazine
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Sets the controls for the heart of the sun and never looks back.

Full Review Source: Film Written Magazine | Original Score: 2.5/4

April 2, 2001
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
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January 1, 2000
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews
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January 1, 2000
Gemma Files
eye WEEKLY
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January 1, 2000
Derek Elley
Variety
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November 26, 2008

Empire Magazine
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January 1, 2000

Boston Phoenix
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March 24, 2002

Houston Chronicle
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July 21, 2005

Time Out
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January 26, 2006

Sight and Sound
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