The Pest (1997 film)
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Promotional poster for The Pest
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| Directed by | Paul Miller |
| Produced by | Bill Sheinberg Jonathan Sheinberg Sid Sheinberg |
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David Bar Katz John Leguizamo (story) David Bar Katz (screenplay) |
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| Music by | Kevin Kiner |
| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
| Edited by | Ross Albert David Rawlins |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Chinese |
| Budget | US$17,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $3,506,206 (USA) |
The Pest is a 1997 American comedy film inspired by the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Comedian John Leguizamo plays a Puerto Rican con artist in Miami, Florida named Pestario Rivera Garcia Picante Salsa Vargas (also known as "Pest") who agrees to be the human target for a racist German manhunter for a US$50,000 reward.
The film was a box office bomb. Jeff Millar of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "This film is utterly without discipline or focus in a way that—to one's shame—one eventually finds oddly endearing". Dwayne E. Leslie of Boxoffice magazine said that "The script and Leguizamo's talents don't mesh, so the actor comes off as more offensive than funny." Bill Hoffman of The New York Post gave the comedy three and half out of five stars. Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle said of Leguizamo's performance "Obviously, someone must have told Leguizamo he's a comic genius. Whoever did that wasn't a good friend."
The film grossed $3.5 million on an estimated budget of $17 million. On the Internet Movie Database, the film has an overall rating of 4.9/10 with 6,385 votes. Director Paul Miller provided an audio commentary track for the film's 2001 DVD release. The film was rated PG-13 for crude sexual, scatological and ethnic humor.
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