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* StarDerailingRole: After a promising career beginning with ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' and including hits like ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' and ''Film/TrueRomance'', the failure of this film marked the end of Christian Slater's career as a leading man.
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* DuelingWorks: The film has an almost identical premise to ''Film/{{Stag}}'', which was released several months earlier. Both involve a rowdy bachelor party in which the revelers accidentally kill a prostitute and her security guard and then devolve into infighting as some of them try to cover up the crime. ''Very Bad Things'' played the scenario for black comedy, received a theatrical release and is much better known.
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* CreatorsOddball: Peter Berg, an actor turned director who is now best known for action films such as ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', made his directorial debut with this BlackComedy.

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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.
* BillingDisplacement: Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz get top billing, such as in the above poster, due to them having bigger 'Hollywood' names than the likes of Jon Favreau or many of the others. However neither of them are the main protagonists, and Diaz actually has what can only be called a supporting role at best.

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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', BillingDisplacement: Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.
* BillingDisplacement: Christian Slater
and Cameron Diaz Creator/CameronDiaz get top billing, such as in the above poster, due to them having bigger 'Hollywood' names than the likes of Jon Favreau Creator/JonFavreau or many of the others. However neither of them are the main protagonists, and Diaz actually has what can only be called a supporting role at best.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AdamSandler was originally cast as Michael Berkow but dropped out at the last minute to make ''Film/TheWaterboy''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AdamSandler was originally cast as Michael Berkow but dropped out at the last minute to make ''Film/TheWaterboy''.''Film/TheWaterboy''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $30 million. Box Office: $9,898,412.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $30 $10 million. Box Office: $9,898,412.
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* BillingDisplacement: Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz get top billing, such as in the above poster, due to them having bigger 'Hollywood' names than the likes of Jon Favreau or many of the others. However neither of them are the main protagonists, and Diaz actually has what can only be called a supporting role at best.
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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{[Heathers}}'', Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.

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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{[Heathers}}'', ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.
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* ActorAllusion: Just like in ''Film/{[Heathers}}'', Creator/ChristianSlater is asked if he's ever disposed of a body before.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $30 million. Box Office: $9,898,412.
* RealLifeRelative: The rabbi at the funeral is Jeremy Piven's real life father, Byrne Piven.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AdamSandler was originally cast as Michael Berkow but dropped out at the last minute to make ''Film/TheWaterboy''.

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