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Very Bad Things

Director Peter Berg's dark comedy chronicles a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Kyle (Jon Favreau) and his pals are off to Vegas to celebrate Kyle's upcoming marriage to Laura (Cameron Diaz) when things take a decidedly bad turn. After an accidental death, murder and cover-up, guilt starts to take its toll. As the body count rises, ex-pal Robert (Christian Slater) inadvertently proves that a bride will do anything to have her dream wedding.
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Netflix Rating: 3.3
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten 43%
Consensus: Mean-spirited and empty.
Fresh: 21   Rotten: 28   Rotten Tomatoes page
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics

The gross-out humor lacks edge, the guilt never kicks in, and the outrages are predictable. It's one flat brewski. full review

J. Hoberman, Village Voice

A scabrous black comedy like no other I've ever seen... full review

Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

It's extremely lousy material, but these guys make the most of it. full review

Paul Tatara, CNN.com

Berg is so in love with his escalating shock tactics that they quickly cease to shock.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

...hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill. full review

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

...Berg's listless direction brings the film so little point of view that it doesn't much matter who lives or dies. full review

Janet Maslin, New York Times

Berg ... brings wit, energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that's little more than a tasteless anecdote. full review

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's entertaining to a degree, but lacks all of the elements necessary to form a truly compelling motion picture. full review

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

...uneven but frequently funny... full review

Susan Stark, Detroit News
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