I just watched Excess Baggage today, and honestly this movie wasn't that bad. Hell, it wasn't even bad. Sure, it seemed like about three or four scenes were missing and others maybe rushed, but production quality-wise it was a nice-looking film, a mid-90's nice-sounding film, with cause for a couple out-loud intentional chuckles, and reputable chemistry between the leads (and between Walken and BDT even). Del Toro of course kept the picture alive and interesting when it could have gone real bad, but I was surprised at how inoffensive and watchable it actually proved to be, especially with all the bad write-ups it's gotten over the years. (I think people were just tired of Alicia Silverstone already by '97 and wanted to trash her pet project to pieces.)
Anyway, it was definitely a better film than Swimming with Sharks, The Fan, or even 21 Grams (21 Grams might have had higher aspirations than EB, but it also had much greater failings).