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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   21,139 votes
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Director:
Peter Berg
Writer (WGA):
Peter Berg (written by)
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Release Date:
25 November 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
A very savage comedy. This fall. Tell no one. more
Plot:
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
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Very Good Movie more (462 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong, grisly violence, sexuality, drug use and language.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
The policeman in the hospital is named Randone. Peter Berg, the writer/director, played a policeman named Randone in Cop Land (1997). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Laura's right arm jumps from Kyle's shoulder to being around his body as they kiss at their wedding. more
Quotes:
Mike: Your kid is one crutch short of a telethon. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 100 Mile Rule (2002) more
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39 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Very Good Movie, 20 November 2002
9/10
Author: rmc129-2 from Leeds, England

I guess this is a movie you either love or hate; I belong in the first category.

This movie shows what happens when people shed the moral constraints which normally control their conduct and give free rein to their vicious urges. It is a morality lesson and reason(if you need one) never to kill - or at least if you do not to burden yourselves with accomplices.

The reactions of those involved range from complete horror and remorse (Stern) to pure psychopathy (Slater) - who is able to dehumanise the first victim immediately, demeaning her to the mere status of an inconvenience to be disposed of (this is how many serial killers think)

This film gives lots of other valuable insights - and if you only come away from it certain that morality is not a democratic process but a matter of absolute right and wrong, then this movie has done what few achieve; it has educated you morally - following the majority blindly is one of mankinds greatest follies.

Slater is brilliant in his runaway amorality, as is Stern in his bouts of tortured guilt (the scene in the gas station when his kids demand 'Whizzers' is excruciatingly funny and at the same time so poignant that you may experience guilt yourself at finding the mental collapse of the most decent character in the film so hilarious)

Cameron Diaz plays the bride from hell with assuredness and gusto - if this movie puts you off murder it may well also put you off marriage. Her eventual fate, revealed in the closing scenes - is one of the most satisfying payoffs of a loathsome character in the history of film.

Comedy at its darkest - movie making at its best 9 out of 10

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