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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Salesrank: 9693
Released: November 5, 2002 |
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Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
KYLE FISHER HAS ONE LAST NIGHT TO CELEBRATE LIFE AS A SINGLEMAN BEFORE MARRYING LAURA, SO HE SETS OUT TO VEGAS WITH FOUR OF HIS BEST BUDDIES. BUT A HOT NIGHT ON THE TOWN WITH A STRIPPER TURNS INTO A COLD NIGHT IN THE DESERT WITH SHOVELS WHEN THE STRIPPER DIE IN THEIR BATHROOM.
Description of Very Bad Things:
Peter Berg's dark comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly awry is highly ambitious in its attempts to satirize suburbia, male bonding, and self-help philosophy, and for the most part it does succeed in hitting its targets with a malicious, misanthropic glee. When five buddies arrive in Las Vegas for some pre-wedding shenanigans, things quickly spiral out of control when the requisite prostitute falls victim to a grisly accident, igniting a spark in an already unstable powder keg of personalities. Following the lead of real estate agent and self-help guy Robert (Christian Slater), the men warily agree on a cover-up and covert desert burial. A couple hours and another corpse later, however, they're already at each other's throats, and their escalating breakdowns threaten to disrupt the highly prized wedding of hard-as-nails bride Laura (a stunning Cameron Diaz). Berg, like most actor-turned-directors (this is The Last Seduction star's filmmaking debut) helms the film with a wildly sliding tone and tends to weigh its strengths heavily on its performers. Slater's psycho turn is by far his most inventive yet (he's more in control than ever before), Diaz effectively mixes sunshine with poison, and Jon Favreau is effective and understated as the hapless bridegroom; the rest of the cast, however, tends to play up the histrionics. Be warned, though: Those expecting a sunny-style There's Something About Mary gross-out comedy will probably be shocked by Berg's take-no-prisoners agenda; this is comedy at its absolute blackest, and no one is spared. --Mark Englehart
Very Bad Things Reviews:
great movie 
2009-11-17 - great movie, gets a reaction out of you. they defiantly do some very bad things. Makes you cringe.
Very Dark Comedy
2009-10-12 - About ten years ago, I saw this movie on Comedy Central, absolutely loved it, then forgot about it until Owen Gleiberman mentioned it in a recent-ish issue of Entertainment Weekly.
A lot of people want a feel-good movie when they watch comedies, and Very Bad Things is exactly the opposite. I really feel terrible, sort of depressed even, after watching it. But this is definitely what you would call excellent film. If you want to see distilled essence of the victim story, this is it. Excellent performances from Cameron Diaz, John Favreau and Christian Slater. A must for film buffs.
very strange thoughts 
2009-07-24 - This is a VERY sick comedy film about a bunch of men that kill a prostitute in a hotel room, then kill a security guard and try to cover up the evidence by taking the bodies out to the desert to bury them.
The reason the movie is sick is because it makes like killing a human being is no big deal. The men are more concerned covering their tracks and not getting caught then they are feeling emotion over killing people.
Besides the twisted sense of humor, you can also expect lots and lots of arguing involving the group of men. They constantly argue over who was to blame for the murders, and build up a swear storm trying to calm each other down. It's funny because they keep picking public places where people can hear them to argue.
I honestly don't know what to think about a movie like this. On one hand it's funny so the movie is worth watching, but then again, it's never funny to make fun of people dying in tragic ways (and the ending of the movie is almost sickening).
Furthermore the pacing and the writing of the storyline could have definitely been better. It's a good movie, but not one you HAVE to see or anything.
Kobe Tai Goes Mainstream in an Excellent Movie!
2009-03-31 - As far as I know, this movie features porn star Kobe Tai's debut in mainstream movies. I watched it until her character was killed, simply because I'm a fan of hers.
However, sometime later, a lady at work informed me that she had enjoyed this movie. When I told her how little of it I'd seen, she recommended that I take the time to watch all of it. I did, and I'm glad I did. It's an excellent movie about people and their relationships, values and rationalizations, and the stern hand of fate.
VERY black comedy
2009-03-02 - So black that many fail to see the comedy. But it's there - occasionally. The final scene is the film's punch line - and yes, it's funny. In a very sick and twisted way.
Be warned, this film is not pleasant. Most folks will be better off with a movie that coddles them with familiarity and predictability. Very Bad Things is for the viewer that is not afraid to be taken to horribly uncomfortable places. And to laugh guiltily at things we all know we shouldn't.
