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How have I not heard of this film?

posted 10 years ago by paul_m89
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I've never *beep* seen anything like it before. I was in tears at the end, at just the shock and hilarity of it.

It went from a guys night out movie to essentially a horror movie. It defied everything conventional about movies- no moral lesson, no happy ending, no one to root for, just a lot of bad people doing "very bad things" hence the title.

up to this point I really thought I had seen every movie out there that was worth watching, and this took me by surprise. bravo

[–] CptHowdy87 10 years ago

Unfortunately this movie was trashed by critics on release. What a surprise...

I don't think this movie was ever really on the radar at all when it was released.

Over time it's gained a really solid cult following.

I remember this being rated as low as 4.7 back in 2006 and is now at a 6.3 which is one of the bigger ratings jumps over time on this site.

This movie seems more like the type of movie that would be released now then it was back then. It's really found it's audience now which is awesome.

This is easily my favorite black comedy and honestly one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. I love everything about it.

I really hope we get a proper Blu-ray release of this movie with a retrospective documentary and commentaries with Peter Berg and the cast.

[–] PinkPancreas 10 years ago

I remember watching this movie in the theater when it came out and thinking OH MY GOSH this is hysterical! I can't believe this is happening and I can't believe I'm laughing but this is great! Honestly if I hadn't been such a huge Christian Slater fan I'd probably never have seen this but I'm so glad I did. I've recommended it to my sicker friends with warped senses of humor like mine... This and "Being John Malkovich" and "The Last Supper" are Cameron Diaz's best movies. I admire that she's so willing to do these crazy funny films. If you haven't already, you need to check out "PCU" also with Jeremy Piven and Jon Favreau. Not as dark but still funny.