Critics were pretty tough on this movie. It's pegged as a "black comedy" but frankly I didn't laugh once throughout. It's just an intensely disturbing movie that stoically bulldozes through the repercussions of a very serious situation five guys find themselves in after a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
That said, it's one of my favourite movies and Christian Slater's character is central as the narcissistic "guru" who tries to guide his so-called friends out of the mire, using motivational platitudes in an attempt to quell their visceral emotional response, all while his friend's wedding looms.
Personally, I think the criticism was unfair, because I don't think this movie intended to make light of what happened. It was more like a grotesque, psychological horror, where even comedic moments just happened to be a part of the natural course of the grand downfall of disturbed, guilt ridden individuals who inevitably have to face their reckoning. In other words, any comedy was far too deeply couched in the gravity of what these guys had done, and seemed natural. It's a challenging watch for that reason and I can't help but feel the critics missed the point.
Anyway, I highly recommend it!
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