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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito,
John Leguizamo |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Teens - okay, but
there's a lot of swearing. |
| Date Movie: |
She might laugh a
little. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Hinted at but it's
PG-13 for a reason. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
A couple of
quality scenes. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Max at the senate
hearing yelling at Kevin on his cell phone. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Max's security
dude to Max: "There's 11 more months where that one
came from."
The firm of "Whitemen, Small, Johnson." |
| Directed By: |
Sam Weisman |
| Produced By: |
Lawrence Turman,
David Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj, Wendy Sytman |
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
A Movie Review |
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I think the problem I have with Martin Lawrence is
that he just seems to try too hard and that didn’t help things
much in "What’s the Worst That Could Happen?", which,
because I’m a lazy typist, I’ll just call "What’s…?"
In "What’s…?" we get Lawrence playing Kevin Caffery.
Kevin is a thief who finds himself in love with Amber (Carmen Ejogo).
Amber, in exchange for Kevin promising never to lie to her, gives
Kevin her father’s lucky ring. Wouldn’t you know it, while
robbing millionaire Max Fairbanks’ (Danny DeVito) mansion, Max
catches Kevin, calls the cops, and just before the cops drag Kevin
away, well, Max steals Kevin’s ring by claiming it as his own. And
then the war begins – Kevin wants the ring back, Max wants to keep
it at all costs, and in the meantime Kevin is pretty much robbing as
much of Max’s stuff as he can get his hands on.
And quite honestly, that’s most of the story.
"What’s…?" does have some great moments but oddly
enough most of them don’t spotlight Lawrence while DeVito and John
Leguizamo get most of the laughs, and I think it comes from, like I
said earlier, Martin Lawrence just trying too hard. DeVito and
Leguizamo just play their characters whereas Lawrence seems to think
he needs to push things up a level, do a goofy voice, when in fact
it is when he is just himself that he seems the funniest.
So, I’m gonna wrap up this review quickly and just give
"What’s…?" 2 stars out of 5. Lawrence needs to quit
trying so hard and just let the laughs happen. We just don’t need
a giant afro to make us laugh anymore. It’s been done.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
