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This was a good movie...why so bad at the box office?


Big time stars, good action. Very funny with no boring spots. I enjoyed this movie. What gives with the poor box office receipts?

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Probably because it wasn't nearly as good as you thought it was. Popular movies generally have some socially redeeming values that allow you to appreciate the story line and cheer for someone.

Personally, I found this movie to be mean spirited, unnecessarily gross, with an unsatisfactory "twist" ending.

Even for a comedy it was unbelievable.

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What rj-27 said.

It wasn't funny and I was really hoping the old lady would be killed.

How it has anything but a 1 rating is beyond me.

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Disagree. It was a good dark comedy. Extremely underrated then and now.

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I agree with you. It is an underrated dark comedy and I think it's mean streak is actually kind of refreshing, seeing as how Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller usually do much milder types of comedies. No, none of the characters weren't really likable, but I don't think they were intended to be. I can see why a lot of people don't care for it, but I think it's a good movie.

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People are too sensitive apparently to handle black comedy. That, and Miramax was a horrible company with a history of piss-poor box office returns.

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I can handle dark comedies fine. I love "Swimming with Sharks" and tons of other dark comedies but this films is just stupid. It only works if your characters are the biggest idiots on the planet and that level of stupidity just isn't funny. Never laughed once and I was angrythe whole time and bored on top of that.

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I never even heard of it. In fact I thought it was from last year or something. I kept thinking how great Drew looked. duh. Anyway I don't get it either.

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