Christian Slater,
Cameron Diaz,
Daniel Stern,
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Jon Favreau
... see more 
Peter Berg made his directorial debut with this black comedy about suburbanite Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau), his future bride Laura (Cameron Diaz) and his four pals -- brothers Adam (Daniel Stern) and Mi... read more
Directed by: Peter Berg
Release Date: November 25, 1998
Keywords:
christian slater,
cameron diaz,
dark comedy,
bad things,
Christian Slater ,
Cameron Diaz ,
Jeremy Piven ,
Daniel Stern ,
Peter Berg
DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
Get It:
Stats: 1,557 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (1,557)
-
November 2, 2011I loved this dark comedy. It's full of very bad stuff, but it's all so horribly funny at the same time. Plus, the cast is great. If you have a sick sense of humour, see this movie.
-
August 7, 2011Boyd: The room is covered in blow; Moore looks like he went at it with a fuckin' mountain lion.
"They've been bad. Very bad."
I really liked Very Bad Things for what it was. It's an over-the-top, ridiculous and savage dark, dark comedy. I can totally understand why a lot of pe... read more -
April 18, 2011I kind of enjoyed 'Very Bsd Things." It's one of those rare movies that I just can't help but admire how far it will go to shock, isolate, and repel it's audience. In a sense, it's an anti-comedy... Though it is sporadically funny. Unfortunately, it's also very flawed, throwing a... read more
-
February 14, 2011"very bad things" has all the qualities of a good neo-noir: dark parody of southern california's suburban dreams, a ballistic dominant blonde female and the potent villain who guides things into the sinister worse. and it's directed by peter berg, who practically directs nothing ... read more
-
September 24, 2009A black comedy that?s quite nasty in places but has a brilliant, very un-Hollywood ending.
-
-
-
February 9, 2008This is a pretty twisted movie but I liked it. All the actors did a great job and the movie as a whole worked.
-
January 31, 2008Christian Slater returns as a kind of yuppie big brother to his sociopathic character in Heathers in a film that tries terribly hard to be a "cult" black comedy. It shares some similarities with Shallow Grave, but where that film concerned a group of friends who find a dead body ... read more
-
August 13, 2007I liked the calamity and chaos in this movie. It's a fun mess, and I'm glad I'm not actually there.
Critic Reviews
May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
...hollow, simple-minded and about as profound an experience as stepping in a pile of road kill. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Peter Berg's Very Bad Things isn't a bad movie, just a reprehensible one. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
...Berg's listless direction brings the film so little point of view that it doesn't much matter who lives or dies. Full Review
January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
The gross-out humor lacks edge, the guilt never kicks in, and the outrages are predictable. It's one flat brewski. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
It's entertaining to a degree, but lacks all of the elements necessary to form a truly compelling motion picture. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Berg ... brings wit, energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that's little more than a tasteless anecdote. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
It's extremely lousy material, but these guys make the most of it. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
A scabrous black comedy like no other I've ever seen... Full Review
View more
Very Bad Things
reviews
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
