Synopsis
Kyle 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 when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
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Cast
- Christian SlaterRobert Boyd
- Cameron DiazLaura Garrety
- Jon FavreauKyle Fisher
- Leland OrserCharles Moore
- Jeremy PivenMichael Berkow
- Daniel SternAdam Berkow
- Jeanne TripplehornLois Berkow
- Rob BrownsteinMan
- Blake GibbonsSuit
- Tyler Cole MalingerTimmy Berkow
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Peter Berg's scandalous sick-joke thriller is packed with rude and clever twists, and it delves, with surprising force, into the hypocritical postures of corporate-era male bonding. The cast is terrific, especially Christian Slater. - 70
Time
Cameron Diaz is sublimely screwy as the single-minded bride determined not to let anything--including the deadly mishaps that keep shrinking the wedding party--spoil her nuptials. [30 November 1998, p. 111] - 60
Empire
The film has a real sense of a situation slipping out of control, with marvellous displays of hysteria matched by movie trickery that spreads the edginess to the audience. - 50
The New Republic
The writer of Very Bad Things has done poorly by the director. This is particularly painful because they are the same person, Peter Berg. Director Berg shows lively talent, focused and controlled. Writer Berg shows some talent, too, but he is wobbly in design and purpose. [14 December 1998, p.26] - 30
Chicago Reader
As the characters behave with symbolic excess in situations designed to provoke their bigotry and self-interest, superficial black comedy periodically gives way to painful drama. - 20
Dallas Observer
It poses as an unblinkered look at the hangups and hypocrisies of the bourgeoisie. In reality it's an empty, narcissistic tantrum. - 20
Los Angeles Times
Hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill. - 20
The A.V. Club
It's a worthless bit of low-grade satire that's as sophisticated and entertaining as a pile of twigs.
