What's the Worst that Could Happen? Critic Reviews

The movie turns into a cobweb of tricky spins and twists that seems like a hip-hop version of "Ruthless People."Read the full review

This sometimes funny but ultimately convoluted movie would have benefited enormously from letting Lawrence loose.Read the full review

The movie made me laugh a lot anyway. It has a big, inventive cast of loons and a great premise.Read the full review

Dull, plodding comedy.Read the full review

Supposed to be a cheeky little lark but instead runs a narrow gamut from labored to aimless.Read the full review

Certainly grows in its own right, into a coarse-grained summer vaudeville that could have been much smarter and sharper without losing its target audience.Read the full review

Laborious in the unfolding of its plot, and under Sam Weisman's brash direction the unabashed amorality of the material is crass rather than sly in tone.Read the full review

Maybe the worst thing that can happen is that every other movie at the multiplex will be sold out this weekend.Read the full review

This dispensable comedy has a few unexpectedly loopy surprises, including an outlandishly gay detective (played by versatile actor William Fichtner), who loves the Ice Capades but loathes insurance fraud.Read the full review