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Dark comedy still needs to have comedy
I love a dark comedy more than the next person, and laugh at things that I probably really shouldn't. So I thought this movie, hyped as a very dark comedy, would be right up my alley. Sadly, apart from a few moments here and there, "Very Bad Things" simply fails as a comedy. And it fails as a drama, because every single character is unlikeable and unsympathetic. That's too bad, because the actors are fantastic and do their best with the material given to them. I fault the script, which has problems at best, and the direction and editing, which give the movie a strangely languid character at inopportune times. You could do worse, but this is strictly a rental at best.

I know it is a VERY BAD MOVIE
Before clicking the link on this page for this film I knew that someone would say VERY BAD MOVIE, OR VERY BAD FILM, it is awful, but me and my friend use to laugh when we'd mention the title of this film and at the end when he's spinning around in a wheelchair. How can some of the best actors be in such a film, great cast, bad script, bad movie, it's stupid, and very violent, there are parts that are funny though like when Daniel Stern says "Have you done this before"? when he knew what to do with the body. Yes it is awful, it really is. The darkest "comedy" ever, they went way too far. It's almost as sick as the movie FREEWAY another movie with great actors in such a terrible film. Atrocious films.

Very bad movie....
My title is pretty obvious, but this film is garbage. I love dark cinema, but I just hated this tripe. It has an overriding smugness and self satisfaction (very typical of the 1990s') that overtakes any comedic elements in it. The hysterical performances (especially Daniel Stern) end up being unintentionally hilarious, because they are so ridiculously over the top, and I don't think that was the point. It was like Peter Berg went out to make a really vile, disgusting film, without any taste, substance, class, or intelligence. Berg did an interview where he said "yeah, throw things at the screen. I know it's horrible." It reminds me of when Jerry Springer used to say "I know my show is trash", thinking that excuses him for making it. It doesn't. Trash is trash, even if you know you're making it. You can have the most heinous subject matter in the world, but if there is intelligence and sincerity behind it, it can work brilliantly as a comedy (Dr. Strangelove is the greatest example of this). The Belgian film Man Bites Dog is more similar in tone to this film, and that film is hilarious, because there's intelligence and real wit behind it. This is just an attempt at cheap shock value. It's not funny, and is definitely not worth your time.

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