What's the Worst That Could Happen?

2001 film by Sam Weisman
Movie film Q773645
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Summary

What's the Worst That Could Happen? is a film[1]. What's the Worst That Could Happen? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,041 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Sam Weisman[3]
  • Screenwriter: Matthew Chapman[4]
  • Composer: Tyler Bates[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6], crime film[7]
  • Cast member: Martin Lawrence[8], Danny DeVito[9], William Fichtner[10], John Leguizamo[11], Bernie Mac[12], Carmen Ejogo[13], Larry Miller[14], Nora Dunn[15], Richard Schiff[16], Kevin Chapman[17], Glenne Headly[18], GQ[19], Cam Neely[20], Siobhan Fallon Hogan[21]
  • Producer: Lawrence Turman[22], David Hoberman[23], Ashok Amritraj[24]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[25], Hyde Park Entertainment[26], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[27]
  • Director of photography: Anastas Michos[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Soundtrack release: What's the Worst That Could Happen? – Soundtrack[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 3.5/10[32], 10%[33], 37/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2001[37], December 13, 2001[38]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[39], Netflix[40]
  • Narrative location: Massachusetts[41]
  • Official website: http://www.mgm.com/whatstheworst/[42]
  • Title: What's the Worst That Could Happen?[43]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[44]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[45]
  • Duration: 94 minutes[46]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[47]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[48]

Why It Matters

What's the Worst That Could Happen? has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] What's the Worst That Could Happen? is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ew.com. Retrieved . ew.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15d ago · Reubot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 26798
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2001-12-13T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Matthew Chapman
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+94'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
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