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Directed by | Alice Englert |
Written by | Alice Englert |
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Cinematography | Matt Henley |
Edited by | Simon Price |
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Distributed by | Ahi Films |
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Running time | 107 minutes [1] |
Country | New Zealand |
Language | English |
Box office | $88,469 [2] |
Bad Behaviour is a 2023 New Zealand black comedy film directed and written by Alice Englert in her feature directorial debut. She also stars in the film alongside Jennifer Connelly, Dasha Nekrasova, Karan Gill, Marlon Williams and Ben Whishaw.
The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2023, and was released in select New Zealand cinemas on 2 November 2023.
In June 2022, it was reported that Jennifer Connelly and Ben Whishaw joined the cast of the film, with Alice Englert directing from a screenplay she wrote. [3]
During an interview with W in November 2022, Englert revealed that the film's production had just wrapped and taken place in New Zealand. [4]
Bad Behaviour had its world premiere at 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2023. [5] It was released in select New Zealand cinemas on 2 November 2023; [6] in the UK the film was released on Icon Film Channel on 4 December 2023, followed by the release in cinemas on 5 January 2024. [7] It is scheduled to be released in limited cinemas and VOD by Gravitas Ventures in the United States and Canada on 18 June 2024. [8]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 48% of 44 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.The website's consensus reads: "Despite impressive work from Jennifer Connelly and Alice Englert, Bad Behaviour is too scattered and disjointed to support its unwieldy ambitions." [9] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [10]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Sydney Film Festival | 18 June 2023 | Best Film | Bad Behaviour | Nominated | [11] |
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