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What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

May. 31,2001
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5.4
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PG-13
| Action Comedy Crime
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Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.

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ChanBot
2001/05/31

i must have seen a different film!!

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TrueHello
2001/06/01

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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BeSummers
2001/06/02

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

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Frances Chung
2001/06/03

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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witster18
2001/06/04

WTWTCH is a genuinely funny film. In particular, Lawrence and Leguizamo have many hilarious moments. I started watching it even though the RT scores on dtv were low, but it never seems to take long for Martin to get my attention and give one of his movies a chance like I did this one. SOmetimes they've been surprisingly watchable(Blue Streak, Nothing to Lose), and sometimes they haven't(Black Knight, Death at a Funeral).The film isn't great, but it does seem to throw out a genuinely funny scene about every 15 minutes.The problems with the film lie in the plot, or the lack of a plot. I know we here this a lot in reviews, but this film falls right there with Expendables 2 for most 'acceptable' film(not good mind you) that has ABSOLUTELY ZERO PLOT. Even if you try to discern a plot - the characters within just don't fit in it.The films ending is dreadful, and completely undermines and belittles what little plot there might have been. You really ask yourself what in the world the film was all about when it's over.I'm stuck between 4 and 5, but I'd watch it again just for some of the funny moments, so I'm going with the latter.I still can't recommend it and look in someone's eye's while doing so, and I won't do it on-screen either.If you think Martin is hilarious, then rent or watch this knowing that you'll get those occasional, funny moments, and little else.48/100

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elshikh4
2001/06/05

It takes a thief to catch a thief.. And it takes a thief to save a thief.. But the worst that could happen is to have small thieves unite with big thieves to trick the law..To the extent that the only cop to execute justice became the queer of this very world (!) according to its disturbed logic where all of its characters turned into robber, or robbed, or robber robbed in the same time..As the truthful theory of the movie (everybody steals in a way !).Although it's good moral for a comic movie and it was nice altogether but you would sense that it's all average in comparison with its talents or ideas. Moreover look at (Martin Lawrence), this role is maybe one of his best in years but he's doing whatever he wants, just remember the first intro of him; the word to describe it is : exaggeration. Not to mention that the scene of the courtroom wasn't that wonderful, how (Bernie Mac) was totally wasted, how (John Leguizamo) wasn't that funny as the sidekick, and how (Matthew Chapman) the scriptwriter of (Color of Night - 1994) and (Runaway Jury - 2003) wrote a comedy for (Lawrence) and (DeVito) ?? So I didn't like most of the dialogue nor the silly title which was bad luck before bad choice ! Still some things to love for instance : the dazzling presence of miss misfortune of Hollywood (Carmen Ejogo), some clever touches like the musical bits at (William Fichtner)'s appearances as the (Detective), and the originality of the story in the first place. But those elements couldn't manage to make a good movie about the kinds of thievery, or even that effective comedy through it.

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view_and_review
2001/06/06

This lackluster comedy lacked a few more things as well. Such as decent acting, humor, and a good script. I can't say it was all bad, there were some funny parts; just enough to keep me from turning the movie off. I guess the Lawrence/DeVito tandem was worth exploring to see what would be the result. What's the worse that could happen huh? Nothing more than a lousy movie that would have everyone complaining. But then again, Martin is used to that.Well, it's been done, now we know never to experiment with big ears and short people again. The chemistry just wasn't there, and it seems like Martin is lacking a lot of chemistry these days.

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StrangerMouse
2001/06/07

I had heard of this movie through friend who had seen it before and had recommended it to me. I took the risk of buying it before renting and in a way, I was correct.The movie was quite funny. The humour used was of course not very intelligent but it was at time quite funny. Such as when Martin Lawrence is robbing a house, the laser's come on, which doesn't allow them to move at all.The screenplay was stale but the film is worth watching for the little funny parts. Those who are offended quite easily should stay away and there is also quite a lot of swearing, which was unnecessary.Overall, the film was about a B-. If you want to sit down and have a few laughs then I recommend you watch this movie.

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