Review of Very Bad Things (1998) by Bryan D — 17 Sep 2007

Undecided, Daniel Stern and Jeremy Piven are pretty good, Slater does his Jack Nicholson impression, as usual, and Diaz is thoroughly annoying, but I still kinda like it.

This review of Very Bad Things (1998) was written by Bryan D on 17 Sep 2007.

Very Bad Things has generally received mixed reviews.

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