Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305353546
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305353549
Label: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Manufacturer: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 18, 1999
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 34252
Studio: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 1998
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Amazon.com:
Peter Berg's dark comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly awry is highly ambitious in its attempts to satirize suburbia, male bonding, and self-help philosophy, and for the most part it does succeed in hitting its targets with a malicious, misanthropic glee. When five buddies arrive in Las Vegas for some pre-wedding shenanigans, things quickly spiral out of control when the requisite prostitute falls victim to a grisly accident, igniting a spark in an already unstable powder keg of personalities. Following the lead of real estate agent and self-help guy Robert (Christian Slater), the men warily agree on a cover-up and covert desert burial. A couple hours and another corpse later, however, they're already at each other's throats, and their escalating breakdowns threaten to disrupt the highly prized wedding of hard-as-nails bride Laura (a stunning Cameron Diaz). Berg, like most actor-turned-directors (this is The Last Seduction star's filmmaking debut) helms the film with a wildly sliding tone and tends to weigh its strengths heavily on its performers. Slater's psycho turn is by far his most inventive yet (he's more in control than ever before), Diaz effectively mixes sunshine with poison, and Jon Favreau is effective and understated as the hapless bridegroom; the rest of the cast, however, tends to play up the histrionics. Be warned, though: Those expecting a sunny-style There's Something About Mary gross-out comedy will probably be shocked by Berg's take-no-prisoners agenda; this is comedy at its absolute blackest, and no one is spared. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very Black Comedy
This very dark film is as good as black comedy gets. An accidental death (don't want to give too much away) at a bachelor party leads to a series of horrific events. Strange and grotesque scenarios occur - escalating into an unexpected ending. Christian Slater plays his role so well its scary. I highly recommend this film - but with a warning: Its not for the faint-hearted.
Rating:  - black comedy at its best
come on people, you have to be able to appreciate real reactions from real situations. Expect the unexpected. Although i dont see the sequence of events happening in real life, the events and reactions are however real, =and can be real. So what theres no likeable character, these people act like most real people, "everyone out for themselves". And yes alot of times its funny to see the decision and reactions that people relly make in life. It has a storyline, it has great actors, it has blck comedy. get over it.
Rating: - A wild, thrilling savory (acquired) taste
by dane youssef
Well, now here's one that feels like doesn't just feel like another machine-made piece from off the assembly line. Here is a movie that feels like it has it's own ideas, thoughts, edges and all.
The studio execuives didn't dig their claws into this one, sucking all the nerve and originality out of it just to make it inoffensive and more filt for mass consumption.
All the more making this a move that's really worth seeing for those who don't like movies that just connect-the-dots and paint-by-numbers. In other words, a movie that desperately needs to exist. And be seen.
A bizzare combo protein-shake of black comedy, thriller and horror show, this is one of those Slow Saturday Night cult films that the weirdo clerk behind the counter is always personally recommending for those customers who ae kind of like his pals.
"Very Bad Things" is a film that plays out like a worse-case scenerio. One of those movies that puts a group of relative people in a situation where everything that can possibly go wrong... does. Hopefully, with results that translate to a good movie.
I found the movie to work on multiple levels. As an angry, aggressive, and assertive male-bonding comedy. As a thriller. As a white-knuckle, nail-biting action film. As a nightmare.
Writer/Director Peter Berg remarks he came up with the idea for this movie when he was at a bachelor party and saw the rowdy and over-the-top behavior ... Read More
Rating: - very dark, very good
Be warned, this movie is seriously twisted. If you're not into dark comedies or just don't get that kind of humor, don't watch this movie. I loved it. Jeremy Piven and Daniel Stern are awesome, Christian Slater is solid, and Cameron Diaz is halfway decent. This movie should be required viewing for any man before his bachelor party. Just a downward spiral from first to last and absolutely hilarious to those of us who are sick and twisted. I can understand why some of the reviewers didn't like it--just not their cup of tea. It's a solid effort and one of my all time favorites.
Rating: - PETER BERG, OPUS 1
*** 1998. Written and directed by Peter Berg. A black comedy about how to avoid to be arrested for murder when you are about to get married. No morality here, just a good little movie with funny actors. The last scene is a little jewel of pure madness. Check it !
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