Behaving Badly (DVD REVIEW)
Behaving Badly
DVD Review by Kam Williams
Raunchy Selena Gomez Teensploit Arrives on DVD
Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff) is a
socially-awkward virgin experiencing pangs of sexual awakenings. That explains
why he is trying to summon up the courage to make a play for Nina Pennington
(Selena Gomez), the cute, high school classmate he’s had a crush on since the 6th
grade.
Trouble is she already has a boyfriend,
Kevin Carpenter (Austin Stowell), a handsome hunk who’s very jealous and
possessive. Moreover, Rick is so distracted by his dysfunctional family that it’s
hard for him to even have time for dating.
He’s mercilessly teased and abused by
his deadbeat dad (Cary Elwes), and his alcoholic mother (Mary-Louise Parker) is
recovering in the hospital after recently trying to kill herself. And to add
insult to injury, she only left a suicide note addressed to Lucy, her pet dog.
Rick’s siblings have their issues, too.
His sister, Kristen (Ashley Rickards), has secretly started working as a
stripper, and his closeted brother, Steven (Mitch Hewer), is gay and afraid to
come out.
Nevertheless, Rick is determined to summon
up the nerve to approach the girl of his dreams, and finally jumps at the
chance when their Latin teacher (Charles C. Stevenson, Jr.) drops dead during
class, ironically while conjugating “vivo,” the verb for live. Nina accepts his
offer to drive her to the funeral which, in his mind at least, will be their
first date.
So unfolds Behaving Badly, a screwball
comedy directed by Tim Garrick that’s far more raunchy than it is funny. This
tasteless teensploitation flick serves up generous helpings of gratuitous
nudity and profanity but precious little that elicits any laughter.
Director Garrick throws everything at the
screen but the kitchen sink in an almost desperate attempt to shock, forgetting
in the process to craft a plausible plotline that might hold the attention of
anyone with an I.Q. above room temperature. Before Rick is allowed to win
Nina’s heart, he acts out repeatedly, prematurely ejaculating with a stripper
and sleeping with his best’s friend’s (Lachlan Buchanan) mom (Elisabeth Shue)
en route to sharing an incestuous moment in a men’s room with his own mother’s
seductive alter ego.
He also gets mixed up with Lithuanian
mobsters and lands in jail along with most of his guests after throwing a wild
party in the house while his folks are away. The bottom-feeding production
squanders the services of a star-studded cast featuring Oscar-nominees Elisabeth
Shue (for Leaving Las Vegas) and Gary Busey (for The Buddy Holly Story), pop
icons Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber,
Dylan McDermott, Jason Lee, Heather Graham and Patrick Warburton.
A misfiring misadventure
not even recommended for diehard Selena Gomez fans.
Fair (1 star)
Rated
R for crude sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and pervasive profanity
Running
time: 97 minutes
Distributor:
Vertical Entertainment
DVD
Extras: Trailer.
To
see a trailer for Behaving Badly, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CMZYm3y54g
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order a copy of Behaving Badly on DVD, visit:
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