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

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

Director:

Sam Weisman

Writers:

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

Stars:

Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 Hogan	...	Edwina (as Siobhan Fallon)
GQ	...	Shelly Nix
Lenny Clarke	...	Windham

Storyline

Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.

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Plot Keywords:

breaking and entering | bankruptcy | question in title | beach house | thief | 

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Taglines:

It takes a thief to nail a crook.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

1 June 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daha Kötüsü Olamaz

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,049,114, 3 June 2001

Gross USA:

$32,269,834

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$38,464,131

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Turman/Morrissey Company, Hyde Park Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Earl Radburn says "...if they could find a certain blue dress..." He is obviously referencing to Monica Lewinsky's blue dress.

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Goofs

Detective Alex Tardio refers to Max and Lutetia's dog as a Yorkie, but it is actually a Brussels Griffon.

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Quotes

Shelly Nix: [when asked if he can find Max] Piece of cake. It's no harder than shutting down AOL for an hour. Not that I'd have any interest.

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Connections

References The Fly (1958)

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Soundtracks

Wind Beneath My Wings
Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar

User Reviews

Not great, but certainly watchable

Well, what can I say? It's not the best Martin Lawrence film and its not even one of the top 20 best Danny De Vito films (isn't this little guy one of the biggest comic actors of our time!) but it's a nice comedy, good to rent on video or watch on TV.

Basically the plot is not very imaginative and the movie relies mostly on the actors performances. So I'll concentrate on them in this review. Here it goes:

De Vito is perfect as always. Noone could play the part of the complacent billionaire better than him! He does the best he can do with the material he's given, but his talent could have been used more appropriately if the writers had done a better job...

Martin Lawrence also playes one of his usual parts, quite similar to the part he played in Blue Streak. He does everything expected from him, including getting in disguise more than once and producing some Eddie Murphy-style jokes. But seeing Black Knight and now this, one may ask: isn't he repeating himself too much now? Sure he's funny, but he's also getting annoying to more and more people...

We also have some good-loking actresses, especially the lady playing Lawrence's girlfriend. Their parts are unfortunately too brief to be memorable.

Oh,yes, there's also William Fichtner playing one of the weirdest detectives in the history of cinema! Am I the only one who thinks he was doing a parody of Willem Defoe's character in The Boondock Saints??

As far as the plot, well, it's all about a ring...