Very Bad Things
Very Bad Things

Very Bad Things

1998Movie100 minEnglish

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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IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes49%
Metacritic41/100
Google Users68%
Director: Peter BergGenres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Plot Summary

A bachelor party in Las Vegas spirals violently out of control when the groom's friends accidentally kill a prostitute. They attempt to cover up the crime, leading to a series of increasingly grim and absurd events as their trust and sanity erode.

Critical Reception

Very Bad Things was met with mixed to negative reviews, with critics divided on its dark humor and extreme violence. Audiences were similarly split, with some appreciating its audacity and others finding it excessively offensive and unfunny.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its shocking and transgressive humor by some.
  • Criticized for being overly nihilistic and gratuitously violent by others.
  • The film's dark premise and commitment to its extreme tone were frequently noted.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a divided reception, with some users finding the film hilariously dark and shocking, while a significant portion found it to be offensive, tasteless, and ultimately unfunny.

Fun Fact

The film's extreme violence and dark themes led to it being one of the most controversial films of 1998, with some critics and audience members struggling to reconcile the comedic elements with the graphic nature of the events.

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JPV852

JPV852

This is a movie I saw many years ago, probably when it was first released on DVD, and if memory serves, I didn't like it all that much. Watching it again all these years later, and perhaps getting older helped me appreciate the dark (pitch ...