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Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Peter Berg
Producers: C. Cowan, D. Nabatoff, M. Schiffer
Actors:
Christian Slater Cameron Diaz Jon Favreau Jeremy Piven Daniel Stern Jeanne Tripplehorn |
The cast is great, with Slater playing one of his best roles in years (Reminiscent of his psycho role in another great black comedy, HEATHERS (8/10)), the rest of the boys also come through like gangbusters, and Diaz plays the role of the ultimate wannabee bride convincingly. Berg’s camera technique is also well-handled, while the run time of the film trickles in right before any indigestion. The only issue that I did have with this movie was the fact that I did find myself rolling my eyes about 3/4 of the way through, when some of the things just started getting a little too much out of hand. Having said that, the ending was ironically hilarious, and the overall audacity of the cast, and most of all, Peter Berg was a sight to behold. This man must’ve been in some kind of a funk when he wrote this crazy script because it is totally “out there”! If you like to see movies that take things to the extreme, then check this one out! If you like your standard, uncomplicated Hollywood pictures, with your happy-go lucky couple and friends for life, then forget this one, and go back and rent one of the eighteen thousand romantic comedies out there.
Most of the humour in this film worked for me (and for most of my friends, I might add), but admittedly, I have become accustomed to overly-violent behaviour in films by now. If violence, murders and the commitment of extremely immoral sins doesn’t stir your darkened funny cup, then forget that you ever heard about this film. This movie is only for people who appreciate dark, dark humour under very bad, horrible circumstances. But it’s like I said, even I thought the believability within this tent of black humour disappeared for a little while, but all in all, the film worked for me as one of the year’s most original screenplays, and one of the most gruesome concepts to walk down the cinematic aisle in a while. This is NOT for the faint of heart, folks!
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