What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

Director:

Sam Weisman

Writers (WGA):

Donald E. Westlake (novel)
Matthew Chapman (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

It takes a thief to nail a crook.

Plot:

A rich man catches a thief burglarizing his home and steals the thief's lucky ring, who then tries to get it back.

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Ring | Businessman | Vulgarity | Massage

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Kevin Caffery
Danny DeVito	...	Max Fairbanks
John Leguizamo	...	Berger
Glenne Headly	...	Gloria Sidell
Carmen Ejogo	...	Amber Belhaven
Bernie Mac	...	Uncle Jack
Larry Miller	...	Earl Radburn
Nora Dunn	...	Lutetia Fairbanks
Richard Schiff	...	Walter Greenbaum
William Fichtner	...	Detective Alex Tardio
Ana Gasteyer	...	Ann Marie
Sascha Knopf	...	Tracey Kimberly
Siobhan Fallon	...	Edwina
GQ	...	Shelly Nix
Lenny Clarke	...	Windham

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37634)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Composer Marc Shaiman told the theater magazine Playbill that scoring this movie was the worst job he ever had.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, Kevin tosses the ring away, but in the next shot when he kisses his girlfriend, the ring is still visible on his finger.

Quotes:

Lutetia Fairbanks: Scandal and disease, Max.

Movie Connections:

References Evita (1996)

Soundtrack:

Stick 'Em

The Worst thing about this Martin Lawrence movie? Martin Lawrence!

A talented supporting performance by John Leguizamo and a few somewhat funny, if not completely illogical, set pieces aren't enough to save this movie from being just about the worst thing I've seen all year. Lawrence is bad - unfunny and stupid - but the real criminal is the screenwriter. Whoever adapted this one should have his typing fingers amputated and be forced to work in public access for the rest of his career. How anybody could take a mediocre, but well-plotted and screen-ready novel and turn it into this festering, head-shaking mess of a movie is completely beyond me. There are moments that have phenomenal potential, but they're ham-handedly executed and it seems that the filmmakers just didn't know how to get laughs from them.