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Very Bad Things

1998 · 100 min

A pitch-black comedy that spirals into nerve-jangling chaos, making you squirm and laugh uncomfortably as bad decisions pile up.

Tagline
They've been bad. Very bad.
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • deception
  • conspiracy
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, thriller
Directed by
Peter Berg
Written by
Peter Berg
Starring
Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Leland Orser, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Rob Brownstein
Music
Stewart Copeland
Cinematography
David Hennings
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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