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Very Bad Things Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    31

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 20

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

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

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  • 25

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    No comedy this vile should be brazenly foolish enough to give itself this title. [25 November 1998, p. 3D]

  • 25

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one. It presents as comedy things that are not amusing. If you think this movie is funny, that tells me things about you I don't want to know.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    Humorous slashings and car accidents constitute similar high points in a film that is glaringly short on ''Scream''-style self-mockery to match its dopey mayhem.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Derek Elley

    Basically a very conventional movie gussied up with a few jaw-dropping moments. Unlike genuinely amoral pics such as "Heathers" or "Shallow Grave," it never seems really comfortable with its characters' actions.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    The tone, which veers uncertainly between dark comedy and suspense, is uneven, and the characters are not vivid enough to stabilize the load of a shifting, runaway plot.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Peter Berg's scandalous sick-joke thriller is packed with rude and clever twists, and it delves, with surprising force, into the hypocritical postures of corporate-era male bonding. The cast is terrific, especially Christian Slater.

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