Very Bad Things (1998)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Better Late Then Never

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Very Bad Things (1998): Dir: Peter Berg / Cast: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau: Miserable comedy that had me disturb when the audience laughed at its senseless violence. It is not funny to see people kill one another yet it is presented as humour in this mindless chunk of dung. A bachelor party goes horribly wrong when a prostitute ends up dead. While five males point blame Christian Slater devises a plan to bury the body in the dessert until a security guard investigates a noise complaint and is shot dead. The bodies are buried but everyday life becomes clouded with guilt until Slater goes berserk. One of them runs his brother over with a car. Slater attempts to strangle a victim's wife but she retaliates by biting his testicles. Absolute garbage full of disgusting images all intended as so-called comedy. Director Peter Berg must have had his mind in the gutter because there are so many ways that this could have been funny, yet instead it is just plain sick. Slater is difficult to read due to motives. Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, etc play other members of the party gone wrong and they either try to off each other or Slater decides to attempt it for them. Cameron Diaz plays the frustrated blushing bride whose final scene has her wailing in the street. That was pretty much my reaction after witnessing this bile piece of trash. Score: 0 / 10

Christian Slater at his very best! one of a kind movie which is like hangover on steroids! This is a must see movie! Vegas at full tilt! A movie that makes u think about your next bachelor party in Vegas! Don't take a Stripper/hooker to a marble bathroom, slippery! Be careful, be very careful! And don't trust no one! A GREAT GREAT MOVIE~! Christian Slater at his very best! one of a kind movie which is like hangover on steroids! This is a must see movie! Vegas at full tilt! A movie that makes u think about your next bachelor party in Vegas! Don't take a Stripper/hooker to a marble bathroom, slippery! Be careful, be very careful! And don't trust no one! A GREAT GREAT MOVIE~!

I love IMDb, but there are some movies that are very bad rated, and this is one of them. I'm glad I've seen it before I knew IMDb, because with this 6.3 rating I would have never seen it at first. With Cameron Dias, Jon Favreau and Christian Slater it sounds like a trashy afternoon Hollywood movie. All but, it's very intense, well written, good argument, believable characters with intrinsic paranoia, normal people typed differently that successfully make you feel how stressful would be committing a crime and how your standard life would shift. It's a comedy, but beware, a very dark one, not because its bloody or gore, but because its freaking believable.PS. (please consider moving to a more deterministic rating, based on different heightened parameters like story, acting, picture quality, special effects, sound...and so on)

It is a Very Easy Thing to Hate, this Blackest of Black Comedies. Even if You found it Outrageous, Deliriously Different, Scathingly Sadistic, and in Good Bad Taste, the Constant Yelling and Screaming in the First Half maybe its Biggest Fault.But the Movie is so Twisted and Demented the Watch is Worth it because it is Laugh Out Loud Funny in Parts and is a Guilty Pleasure at Least and a Triumph of Nighlistic Nastiness at Best. Nothing Quite Like it although it does at Times seem Influenced by Other Films of the Same Natural Tendency to Taunt the Viewer with Over the Top Tastelessness.But as Divisive as it is Delightfully Engaging it is one of the those Love it or Hate it Types that will Outrage Sensitives and Tickle those with a Penchant to go for the Jugular. Subtlety is Nowhere to be Seen and the Film Never Even Tries to be at all Friendly and Inviting. A Good Cast and Much to Say about Yuppies, Traditional Values, and Morals.Recommended for Cult Movie Lovers, Off Beat Seekers, and those who have the Constitution to Digest Very Bad Things that are Served as Sustenance for those Looking for Some Creative Cuisine and not just the Usual Helping of Popcorn and Sweet Drinks.