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What's the Worst That Could Happen? (Special Edition)

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

Starts out with good timing, and some decent laughable banter from Martin Lawrence. Nothing laugh out loud funny but pleasantly amusing schtick. The central premise is actually quite interesting (billionaire stealing a ring from a petty robber etc), but the film fails to take advantage of it, choosing instead to lapse into numerous plot-holes, cliches and mind-bending stupidity. There's even a gay, dog-loving detective who adds fart humor to the mix. And all this leads to a climax that takes a quantum leap of logic and rationality. Perhaps a worthy rental if you're into slapstick, but overall a skippable fare.

Five minutes in, I was cringing. Fifteen minutes in, I was in pain. It rates one star because the cinematography, lighting, sound, and other techical crews did competent work -- and because it's the lowest rating on the form.

If you love a good comedy caper, read the Donald Westlake book this atrocity was based on. It's clever, thrilling and hilarious -- everything the movie ain't. If you *must* get your comedy capers in movie form, get The Hot Rock instead. On the other hand, if your idea of brilliant humor is the stuff that cracks up 12-year-olds when they think they're being naughty, hey, this may be right up your alley.

These two guys are good for alot of laughs, the supporting cast are great too. I hope they will do more films together in the future.
The plot is one thief robbing the other, the difference is, one is a dirty business man, and a dirt-bag all day long, the other does his deal at night,and is lovable during the day. The way it plays out, its hard to decide who you want to cheer

Film students, listen up: the formula for a typical Martin Lawrence film goes something like this. Find a comedy script and remove anything that smacks of cleverness and genuine humor - we don't want to upstage Lawrence's own 'natural ability' to provide laughs simply by showing up and looking cross-eyed into the camera. Add to the cast a sexy black woman/love interest who in real life wouldn't give Lawrenece himself or the character he's playing the time of day. Create lots of scenes that defy any semblance of reality and let Lawrence mug his way through with half-assed imitations of Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and just about any other black comedian you can mention.

Speaking of which, I can't imagine Bernie Mac actually found this script funny enough to make an appearance. Believe me, you won't either. Everyone's obviously in it for an easy paycheck. Do yourself a favor and don't encourage them any further.

Not the Best movie, but worth seeing. if your looking for a movie to make you laugh alot than thi isn't it. But its alot better than some other movie out there so just give it a chance

This movie doesn't deserve to much time from me. The best part about this movies is BOSTON. It was filmed in Boston, and as a life time Massachusetts resident, I loved seeing our fair city in yet, another of the handful of films actually filmed here.
It is a city that looks beautiful on film.

Lawrence is playing his usual role of the petty thief who dances and talks way through the film. ....
I do usually like Danny Devito, but I don't know what he was thinking here. His character, Max, has a few funny moments, ....
Lawrence robs Devito, and Devito is in the house when it happens. He steals the ring Lawrence is wearing. The rest of the movie is Lawrence trying to get the ring back.
This movie didn't make me laugh much. When I was laughing, it was when Detective Tardio was on screen. What a hoot! William Fichtner plays him, and he is weird! really weird. At first, I didn't know what the heck his character was for, but I realize now that the movie needed him. He was the best that happened...

A big fan of Donald Westlake, especially the Dortmunder series, this adaptation of one of his funniest was ruined by allowing the likes of Martin Lawrence. Matthew Chapman, responsible for the screen play obviously didn't understand the Dortmunder character. As usual a good story is chopped and hacked deviating from the story line and loosing the real purpose behind the events that lead to the final confrontation with Max Fairbanks. What a disappointment. At least read the book, you'll enjoy it better and you're intelligence won't be insulted by the fast, smart mouth talking of Martin Lawrence, who by the way is one of the executive producers. Go figure. (I didn't even want to give this star but you can't forward your review unless you pick one of them)

The video wouldn't play on my player.I didn't read about a format for different players.It would not
play on my player.

I really liked this movie. I know it might be a bit cheesy in some parts and some people really didn't like this movie, but I did. The story was fairly entertaining, the acting decent, and some funny events and twists made this movie fun to watch as a rental.

This movie was off the chain funny and good. This movie kept our attention through the whole movie. Our whole family enjoyed this movie. We now own our own copy that we found for $3.00 today. We had been looking for this movie but wanted to find the movie at a decent price. The actors did a very good job. We laugh throughout this movie every time we see it. I guess it depends on your type of comedy, as Martin and DeVito are always funny to us. Loved Devito in Taxi... Loved Martin in all his other movies. I think that this movie deserves a chance. Get your laugh on.