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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
MGM
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language and sexual content
Starring
Martin Lawrence,
Danny DeVito,
John Leguizamo,
Glenne Headly,
Nora Dunn,
and
Richard Schiff
The story of two seemingly very different men, caught up in a stupendous battle of egos. Max Fairbanks (DeVito) is a very wealthy, powerful man who has built an incredibly successful business empire by being ruthless. Kevin Caffrey (Lawrence) is a sophisticated procurer of other people's possessions. An accidental meeting brings the two men together, and in a simple moment their fates are sealed. (MGM)
| GENRE(S): |
Crime
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Donald E. Westlake (novel)
Matthew Chapman
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Sam Weisman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 2, 2002
Video: January 2, 2002
Theatrical: June 1, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
97 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Slate
David Edelstein
The movie made me laugh a lot anyway. It has a big, inventive cast of loons and a great premise.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Mostly a lazy string of setups and sight gags, of tongue-in-cheek confrontations between the two stars that barely amount to sketches.

63
USA Today
Mike Clark
This dispensable comedy has a few unexpectedly loopy surprises, including an outlandishly gay detective (played by versatile actor William Fichtner), who loves the Ice Capades but loathes insurance fraud.

63
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Best when DeVito plays off the supporting cast surrounding him.
60
New Times (L.A.)
Luke Y. Thompson
Actually boasts a decent script with character development, a sense of pace and some well-drawn supporting roles.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
This sometimes funny but ultimately convoluted movie would have benefited enormously from letting Lawrence loose.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Filmmakers run out of ideas long before the final.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
This frothy little crime comedy isn't half bad, bubbling with caper-farce energy supplied by a game ensemble cast and a source novel by prolific pulp writer Donald E. Westlake.

50
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
I don't know when a bad movie has made me laugh as much as this one. Most of the gags are vintage silliness: foreign double talk, characters donning funny costumes, well-timed profanities.

50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Supposed to be a cheeky little lark but instead runs a narrow gamut from labored to aimless.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It simply isn't that funny or clever. For a comedy, that's about the worst that could happen

40
Variety
Robert Koehler
The star in this case is Martin Lawrence, who is not only thoroughly upstaged by nemesis Danny DeVito but is completely boxed out of his comfort zone for broad physical comedy.

40
TV Guide
Tanya L. Edwards
Among the disconnected scenes are a few that are downright hilarious, and the actors do their best to rise above disjointed material.

40
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The movie turns into a cobweb of tricky spins and twists that seems like a hip-hop version of "Ruthless People."

40
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Laborious in the unfolding of its plot, and under Sam Weisman's brash direction the unabashed amorality of the material is crass rather than sly in tone.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Larry Terenzi
Struggles for any kind of movement and cohesion -- and most of all for any kind of humor.
40
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Lawrence forgoes his knack for verbal comedy and replaces it with crude nonstop mugging.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Certainly grows in its own right, into a coarse-grained summer vaudeville that could have been much smarter and sharper without losing its target audience.
38
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Packed with gratuitous dumb moments -- which is too bad, given that the premise has promise.
38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Dumbed down to the point where it's barely recognizable as coming from one of Donald Westlake's John Dortmunder novels.

33
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
A film with almost zero redeeming value.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Dull, plodding comedy.

30
Film.com
Robert Horton
The movie is a mess.

30
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Now and then sputters to comic life but more usually wheezes along.

25
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Too many characters, not enough plot, and a disconnect between the two stars' acting styles.

20
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
I'd rather watch a forgotten houseplant dehydrate and die.

20
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
Comes off as a desperate attempt to breathe life into dull proceedings.

16
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Maybe the worst thing that can happen is that every other movie at the multiplex will be sold out this weekend.


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