It seems to be targeted at eight-year-old boys with attention-deficit disorder, and could have been more competently made by any one of them.
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08/04/09
The Pest (1997)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:2
Rotten:21
Average Rating:2.3/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The annoying antics of a hyperactive con artist (John Leguizamo) draw the ire of an eccentric huntsman. Soon, life for the pesky bugger becomes a less-than-delicate balance between staying alive... [More]
Starring: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears
Director: Paul Miller
Reviews for The Pest
Even surrounded by unbearable sloppiness, Leguizamo is fascinating to watch.
08/04/09
Pic exists solely to showcase Leguizamo's wild and crazy antics, which are very much an acquired taste.
03/27/09
Top CriticNo review available.
08/14/05
Pass that can of Black Flag, hon.
06/25/05
When Mr. Leguizamo isn't doing third-rate ethnic parody, he is wallowing in scatological jokes that are so poorly prepared and executed that they make similar antics by Mr. Carrey play like classic routines.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
08/20/04
No review available.
08/04/04
No review available.
05/29/03
No review available.
07/30/02
The script and Leguizamo's talents don't mesh, so the actor comes off as more offensive than funny.
06/05/02
There is not a socioeconomic, political, ethnic or gender group that is left unoffended.
04/17/02
Talented and versatile actor-comedian John Leguizamo indulges himself so totally with incessant mugging, mimicking and all-around showing off that he begins to wear out his welcome before the opening credit sequence is over.
02/14/01
Top CriticEssentially a collection of ethnic and bodily function jokes punctuated by chases.
01/01/00
It's the kind of movie where every paying customer deserves to receive a handwritten apology from the producers.
01/01/00
This film is utterly without discipline or focus in a way that -- to one's shame --one eventually finds oddly endearing.
01/01/00
Quick, someone find a no-pest strip - or even a fly swatter or a good bug spray.
01/01/00
By their nature, pests are meant to get under your skin and this one certainly does.
01/01/00
A revoltingly bad stinker that is easily in the running for the worst film of the decade.
01/01/00
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