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5.6 out of 10

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 7 out of 20

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  1. [Anonoymous]
    Jun 1, 2008
    2
    Utterly sickening and unfunny.
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  2. RobertB.
    Oct 4, 2009
    10
    One of my favourite movies of all time: Dying was never so funny!
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  3. Vee
    Oct 3, 2004
    8
    This movie is simply - funny. gives you something to laugh at in almost every scene. VERY surprised to see it on the "all-time low scores list".
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  4. [Anonymous]
    May 21, 2004
    8
    Very funny.
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  5. Gnarles
    Oct 20, 2005
    9
    It's a near-classic - as long as you have the guts to watch it on its own terms and resist the urge to twist and contort it into something else. The lesser critics who beat this up for its "nihilism" and "grossness" appear to be painfully unaware that their line of inflated, pompous thinking is the real thing being ripped to pieces in "Very Bad Things". Or maybe they DO realize it, and their dumb reviews are their protection. At any rate, it took major guts to craft a movie like this and I admire Berg for having them. Doesn't always work, but there are two amazing scenes for every bad one. Slater is sensational, a pitch-perfect parody of male self-help postivite thinking gone terribly wrong. Too bad it's so far been his last good performance. See Very Bad Things. Don't judge. Just watch.… Expand
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  6. C.B.
    Nov 6, 2007
    5
    Shame on Peter berg for wasting this amazing cast.
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  7. RobYou
    May 11, 2007
    0
    Abhorrent.
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  8. ERG1008
    Aug 23, 2010
    6
    Man has stag do in Las Vegas, Bride not happy about his friends, sex & drugs & rock n roll, mishap in the bathroom, panic & mayhem. Very dark comedy that has some genuine funny moments & a very good cast to back it up. It's loud, brash & doesn't take itself too seriously & that works in & out of it's favour.
  9. zodiac6573
    Oct 1, 2010
    0
    Disgraceful. Still to date, the only movie I have walked out on. Anyone who finds violence like this funny is really deeply disturbed. I'm now an anti-Cameron Diaz fan.
  10. roddersj04
    May 11, 2011
    1
    An utterly horrible film. The plot is all over the place, the violence is too over the top and none of the characters are even remotely likeable that you just don't care whether they die or not. Grim viewing. Not The Mist or Requiem for a Dream grim, because those two had a good film to support the grimness. Avoid!
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Metascore
31 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 24
  3. Negative: 12 out of 24
  1. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    50
    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]
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    70
    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]
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    30
    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.
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