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Summary: Strange masterpiece !!!
Review: Wow! This movie and the jokes are very strange, but that's why it is sooooo phenomenal. It's a very black comedy. It's the blackest comedy ever made with amazing actors (Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz) and a surprising ending.
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Summary: Bachlor party goes bad...
Review: Five normal guys from L.A. are going to have a bachelor party in Sin City that will blow Kyle (Jon Favreau) away. However, as the title insinuates there are problems waiting for them in Las Vegas. These predicaments intensify while new obstacles begin to develop for the five guys as they try to figure out how to get out of the dilemmas. Very Bad Things illustrates how a wide variety of personalities deals with stress and morality in extreme situations.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Definitely one of the top ten worst movies of all time. The description of this movie sounded like it could be funny, but it is instead a painfully unfunny attempt at dark humor.
The characters are not realistic, and the bad acting only made them worse. Cameron Diaz's character has no point in the movie, and Christian Slater was so horrible that I kept wishing his character would get killed off. Most of the movie consists of several people screaming at the same time, very annoying and hard to sit through. The story line starts out with a plot, and then goes nowhere. People just keep getting killed off and it just gets repetitive and predictable. I was hoping that this movie would get better at the end, but it just kept getting painfully worse. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Very much a surprise!
Review: This black comedy took me 2 sittings to get through it, however I am glad that I did - it is SO sick that it is funny. The high testosterone level of the movie was irritating, ever for this male viewer, but heck - they were in DEEP and didn't really handle it all that well. Saying that, there were some classic scenes of weirdness that I have just never seen before, making it worth the price of admission.If you want something to shake you up and you are not upset by tasteless humor, this movie should be on your rental list. Diaz is great, and all the 'bachelors' in the party-gone-bad are pretty good when their time comes, some better than others... Slater was the big name, but he was just simply the scumbucket that all the others worked off of - and I enjoyed the 'other' performances a lot more. Give it a run through the VCR when this kind of urge hits ya...
Rating:
Summary: An Excellent Film
Review: An excellent movie! A must for any Cameron Diaz fan!
Rating:
Summary: Call it a guilty pleasure
Review: Black comedy... are you kidding me. This one is just a little too over the top to really fall into that category. But just the idea of it is great. It's every woman's nightmare. Her man is on the way with his loser friends to Vegas (much against her protestations) for a weekend of God knows what. Of course you have the classic different personality types. Some ultra conservatives, some guy always looking for an angle, a guy who thinks he's much cooler then he really is, and then the guy in the middle who just so happens to be the fiance of said woman (Cameron Diaz) Now throw in the fact that the woman is just an overly uptight and insecure [person] and you know that all manner of mayhem is on it's way. But even I couldn't have imagined the lengths and depths to which these guys would go. The film is just a little to ridiculous for real enjoyment. But nonetheless you'll get some great laughs from it. And if your friends are anything like mine I could really see all of us as the characters in the film. Worth a look just don't expect shakespeare (although) you could almost think of it in terms of a greek tragedy.
Rating: 
Summary: Well done but unbearable at times
Review: On the contrary, the script, directing, and acting is outstanding. It's just so thoroughly repugnant and reprehensible
that it's easy to dismiss it entirely. This is NOT a comedy and
should not be viewed as such. I can't believe it's airing on the
Comedy Central channel. Watching Daniel Stern completely unravel
was hard enough but the bloodletting and death that follows...well...it's no wonder the film is so villified. Over the top to say the least.
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Summary: This Is My Day!
Review: This movie was recommended to me by a co-worker who couldn't get over how neurotic and hilarious Cameron Diaz was in planning her dream wedding. After a few grimaces during this narrative, I couldn't help some escaped giggles, so I decided to buy it. I'm glad that I did because this movie is way beyond any narrative, it must be seen to be believed. This movie is dark but the dialogue is crisp and the film is adept at sucking you in and making you feel all the eye popping guilt, desperation and pending doom of all the members of the bachelor party. Give this darkly entertaining film a shot, you'll probably like it inspite of yourself.
Rating:
Summary: Bad...Bad... Very Bad!!!
Review: This movie has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. It is so gross, it seems the main plot is to kill a stripper, and then kill all your friends. It is messed up from start to finish. I saw this in the movie theater, and then when it came out on video I saw it again, with the chance of maybe semi liking it. Well... I just hated it more. It was not Cameron Diaz or Christian Slaters better movies, that is for sure.
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Summary: Dark, cynical comedy misses its mark
Review: Can you imagine what it is like to write a review when you are at a loss for words? That was the way I was when Very Bad Things ended. Normally, by the time the credits start to roll, I've got a fair idea of what I will say. In this case, I first had to figure out what it was I had just seen. The movie is all energy and no substance. It tries very hard to be a black comedy, but that genre requires that the audience relate to its outrageousness. Very Bad Things gets right up in your face. It is one of the loudest, most abrasive movies I have ever seen. It doesn't work as a "buddy-buddy" picture either, because nobody's anybody's pal here. Every single character turns out to be dislikable, which works in mysteries and psychological thrillers. In other words, I can't tell you if this is a comedy, a drama or a thriller. Kyle [Jon Faureu] is about to marry Laura [Cameron Diaz]. We never know why. We do know that Laura is one mean, pushy, self-centered girl. Some of his buddies are intent on taking him to Las Vegas for a bachelor blowout. [For some reason, Vegas has become the symbol of sin in the movies recently. I don't know why. Maybe because it is close to Los Angeles.] There they gamble, get drunk, do drugs and wind up in their suite with a call girl, who is provided by their ring leader, Robert [Christian Slater]. During the wild party, the girl is accidentally killed. Rather than ruin their lives, not to mention Kyle's wedding, they bury the body in the desert. Back in L A, they attempt to resume their normal lives, which includes Kyle's marriage to the dreaded Laura. Several members of the group begin to fall apart, and the ever resourceful Robert decides to take care of the situation. You can imagine how. Cameron Diaz and Jon Faureu give decent performance. The rest of the cast shouts a lot and makes silly faces. Christian Slater, a talented actor who once seemed destined to take Jack Nicholson's place, is especially disappointing. Something tells me that the cast had a very good time making Very Bad Things. Unfortunately, they are like a bunch of mad scientists who have no idea what the results of their work will turn out to be. Writer-driector Peter Berg may indeed be fun to work with, but he has a lot to learn about the subtleties of movie making, as well as about what is entertaining. What ultimately brings the film down is its graphic violence. Personally, I find it hard to laugh when my stomach is turning. My dislike of gratuitous violence is not a political. It's simply a turn off. It's like someone telling you a joke, and then punching you in the ribs and screaming, "Get it? Get it? Get it?" One thing does disturb me. Very Bad Things is one of several recent high profile movies that are literally mean-spirited. I hope this turns out to be a fluke rather than a trend. The best pictures may sometimes be about mean events, but they are somehow civil about it.
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