September 24, 2009
A black comedy that?s quite nasty in places but has a brilliant, very un-Hollywood ending.
Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Daniel Stern
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 succe...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000
Stats: 1,364 reviews
Flixster Reviews (1,364)
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March 28, 2008Cameron Diaz plays Laura Garrety, a selfish, whiny bride-to-be. She's getting married in three days to a handsome fellow named Kyle Fisher (Jon Faveau). She isn't happy with his decision to travel to Vegas with his friends for a bachelor party. They include two bickering brothers...( read more)
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January 31, 2008Christian Slater returns as a kind of yuppie big brother to his sociopathic character in Heathers in a film that tries terribly hard to be a "cult" black comedy. It shares some similarities with Shallow Grave, but where that film concerned a group of friends who find a dead body ...( read more)
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August 13, 2007I liked the calamity and chaos in this movie. It's a fun mess, and I'm glad I'm not actually there.
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November 22, 2009Finally saw this on Netflix - it was awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, particularly the ending. Now THIS is what a dark comedy is supposed to be!
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November 17, 2009Of course the film is awful, but few dark comedies are made with such straightforward effectiveness. Very Bad Things is what it was supposed to be since the very beginning: a ridiculous, unrealistic and nonsense black comedy with the typical plot concerning a bunch of stupid frie...( read more)
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November 12, 2009Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels ...( read more)
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November 3, 2009This is about as black as a black comedy can get. A little too black for my taste. It's too unpleasant and the situations are too uncomfortable, but Cameron Diaz scores as the bride. Too much nastiness to be entertaining. It is well acted, good cinematography.
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October 27, 2009Every once in a while, a movie puts together a string of extreme situations and pulls them off with believability. this is one of them.
Critic Reviews
May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one. full review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Berg ... brings wit, energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that's little more than a tasteless anecdote. full review
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July 10, 2007i haven't seen a dark comedy this brutal and funny ever. gotta love jeremy piven in this one.
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June 13, 2006this film is fantastically messed up, funny and horrible in the right mix. great acting and story line. highly entertaining!
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