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Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour

2023

Alice Englert

Jennifer Connelly, Ben Whishaw, Alice Englert, Dasha Nekrasova ...

4.3

138

Comedy. Drama The film is a dark comedy about Lucy (Connelly), a former child actress who seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon (Whishaw) while she also navigates the close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt performer daughter, Dylan (Englert).

	Media	Author	Review
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Englert (yes, yes, Jane Campion's daughter) takes her own turn behind the camera. The results are wonderfully original."
		Lena Wilson The Wrap	"Englert separates herself as a filmmaker with this screwy tale of modern narcissism (...) 'Bad Behaviour' is bright and lively (not Campion’s wheelhouse) but, like its characters, it’s also aimless."
		Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Alice Englert expertly finds the line between satire and sincerity, mocking the slipperiness of the spiritual-enlightenment industry"
		Patrice Witherspoon Screen Rant	"Englert’s debut is a colossal disappointment (...) 'Bad Behaviour' had everything it needed to succeed, but the ridiculous script and fluctuating themes make it a dreadful experience in every sense (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Alice Englert directs and stars alongside a mesmerising Connelly in this inconsistent tale about a troubled former child star who checks into a retreat (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"What at first appears a rather obvious send-up of self-help culture turns into a take-no-prisoners assault on narrative expectations and norms (...) strange, savage, and oddly beautiful"
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"Tedious, overwritten mother-daughter dramedy 'Bad Behaviour' gets lost in its own mess"
		Michael Frank The Film Stage	"[It] isn't low on creativity, but visibly lacks cohesion. It's difficult to connect to, disparate in its own storytelling, mood, and tone. It's an audacious script and directorial vision, falling short"
		Tomris Laffly AV Club	"The prickly personas [Alice Englert] sketches here are so vague and shapeless that you will be hard-pressed to find some reason to care about any of them"
		Ross Bonaime Collider	"Englert has talent, and there's ambition and chunks here that work in bits and pieces, but unfortunately, 'Bad Behaviour' is too scattered and too unfocused to add up to much at all"
		Todd McCarthy Deadline	"The filmmaking compels attention from its unusual and well-designed settings, characters and thematic preoccupations; it sticks in the mind as something fresh and personal"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A film about aimless, unsettled people that feels aimless itself"
		Amber Wilkinson Screendaily	"Englert has plenty to say, especially about the expectations surrounding good motherhood and daughterhood, but narrowing her focus would produce sharper results."

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