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Very Bad Things

starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz

Okay, they're nice people, I'm sure. But in the movie, not a single character was likeable. NOT AT ALL. As the title suggests, it's one very bad thing after another. No redemption for anyone, not that they deserve it. They don't. Kill someone, and cover it up by killing Very Bad Scriptsomeone else. Whoops. Got a problem with a tattle-tale? Kill him. Kill the mom, kill the kids. Kill the prostitute, kill the black guy, kill your best friend. Do it with a knife, do it with a car. It doesn't matter how, just kill 'em.

And the dialogue... Ugh. Were there any good lines? No. Could you understand anything anyone was saying? Very Bad MovieNot really. They would all talk at the same time, which drove me absolutely bezerk. I hate it when that happens in real life, and onscreen, it's worse, because you can't shut them up. To be honest, I'd have killed them all, too. Jonathan Favreau is the lest immoral of the bunch. He took a great turn with Swingers, but has done nothing since. And this, sadly, won't be his comeback picture. Christian Slater isn't anything more than the sleazy bastard he's been in just about everything else except Julian Po. Daniel Stern is a big Jew, so I kinda liked him, but he wouldn't stop whining. Please, Daniel. Very Bad Use of $8.75Kvetch all you like, but do it with some style. Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn, a few others... None worth remembering. None had a moment of goodness about them. Cameron Diaz had more style putting semen in her hair in There's Something About Cameron Diaz than she had in any moment of this film.

The Big Jew's grade: F

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