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Behaving Badly

  • 20142014
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  • 1h 37m
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Elisabeth Shue, Mary-Louise Parker, Heather Graham, Selena Gomez, and Nat Wolff in Behaving Badly (2014)
Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and embark on a rock n' roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend, Kevin.
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Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and embark on a rock n' roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend, Kevin.Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and embark on a rock n' roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend, Kevin.Teenager Rick Stevens has a crush on Nina Pennington. They form a friendship and embark on a rock n' roll journey together while Nina deals with her overbearing boyfriend, Kevin.

IMDb RATING
4.4/10
12K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,524
1,538
  • Director
    • Tim Garrick
  • Writers
    • Tim Garrick(screenplay by)
    • Scott Russell(screenplay by)
    • Ric Browde(based on the book "While I'm Dead...Feed the Dog" by)
  • Stars
    • Nat Wolff
    • Selena Gomez
    • Mary-Louise Parker
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tim Garrick
  • Writers
    • Tim Garrick(screenplay by)
    • Scott Russell(screenplay by)
    • Ric Browde(based on the book "While I'm Dead...Feed the Dog" by)
  • Stars
    • Nat Wolff
    • Selena Gomez
    • Mary-Louise Parker
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    • 26User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 18Metascore
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  • Videos2

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    Heather Graham in Behaving Badly (2014)
    Selena Gomez and Nat Wolff in Behaving Badly (2014)
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    Mary-Louise Parker in Behaving Badly (2014)
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    Top cast

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    Nat Wolff
    Nat Wolff
    • Rick Stevensas Rick Stevens
    Selena Gomez
    Selena Gomez
    • Nina Penningtonas Nina Pennington
    Mary-Louise Parker
    Mary-Louise Parker
    • Lucy Stevensas Lucy Stevens…
    Elisabeth Shue
    Elisabeth Shue
    • Pamela Benderas Pamela Bender…
    Dylan McDermott
    Dylan McDermott
    • Jimmy Leachas Jimmy Leach
    • (as Dylan Mcdermott)
    Lachlan Buchanan
    Lachlan Buchanan
    • Billy Benderas Billy Bender
    Heather Graham
    Heather Graham
    • Annette Stratton-Osborneas Annette Stratton-Osborne
    Ashley Rickards
    Ashley Rickards
    • Kristen Stevensas Kristen Stevens
    Jason Lee
    Jason Lee
    • Father Kruminsas Father Krumins
    Austin Stowell
    Austin Stowell
    • Kevin Carpenteras Kevin Carpenter
    Cary Elwes
    Cary Elwes
    • Joseph Stevensas Joseph Stevens
    Patrick Warburton
    Patrick Warburton
    • Principal Basil Pooleas Principal Basil Poole
    Gary Busey
    Gary Busey
    • Chief Howard D. Lansingas Chief Howard D. Lansing
    Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña
    Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña
    • Brian Savageas Brian Savage
    Rusty Joiner
    Rusty Joiner
    • Keith Benderas Keith Bender
    Nate Hartley
    • Karlis Malinauskasas Karlis Malinauskas
    Mitch Hewer
    Mitch Hewer
    • Steven Stevensas Steven Stevens
    Scott Evans
    Scott Evans
    • Ronnie Wattas Ronnie Watt
    • Director
      • Tim Garrick
    • Writers
      • Tim Garrick(screenplay by)
      • Scott Russell(screenplay by)
      • Ric Browde(based on the book "While I'm Dead...Feed the Dog" by)
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    Storyline

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    18 year old Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. In his quest to land the girl of his dreams, he has to contend with her psycho ex, his best friends horny mother, a manic strip club manager, a perverted principal, a lecherous priest, his suicidal mother, and a patron saint with a camel toe. No one ever said love was easy. —Anonymous
    • sex with friend's mother
    • voyeur
    • voyeurism
    • nudity
    • female nudity
    • 75 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • It's all about getting off.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, some graphic nudity, and drug material
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      When Rick is wandering through the jail after the party, an inmate is led down the hall by an officer. The inmate is played by Justin Bieber who, among other things, is the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Selena Gomez who plays Nina.
    • Goofs
      When Mrs. Bender was chasing Rick around the island table, he knocks down a cup of straws. In the next cut, the cup is right side up, but nobody had cleaned them up.
    • Quotes

      Nina Pennington: Uh... there's a naked girl on your front porch...

    • Connections
      Featured in Projector: Behaving Badly (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Go Right Ahead
      Written by Nicholaus Arson (as Niklas Almqvist) and Jeff Lynne

      Performed by The Hives

      Courtesy of Disques Hives

      By arrangement with Rhino Independent/ Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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    Top review
    2/10
    a grind from the start
    Life for high schooler Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff) is going all wrong. His mom tries to commit suicide and "While I'm Dead Feed the Dog" is painted on the garage door. It starts with his crush on school hottie Nina Pennington (Selena Gomez). He loses his virginity to his best friend's mom (Elisabeth Shue). His own mom (Mary-Louise Parker) appears as Saint Lola, the saint of teenage sex. He gets pushed into a bet with the mobster's son about having sex with Nina before Arbor Day. She has just broken up with her boyfriend. She likes Josh Groban and he tries to buy backstage passes from sleazy Jimmy Leach (Dylan McDermott).

    This is trying to be a teen sex romp with broad satirical humor. It fails in many different ways. The first is that it fails to make Rick a likeable character. The movie needs to dump on him again and again so that he becomes sympathetic. For all the bad things that is supposed to be happening to him, the first big thing in the timeline is him having sex with his best friend's hot mom. He gets the date with the dream girl too early and too easily. He is too dislikable. Selena Gomez is completely bland as the goody girl. The movie is trying to be crude but it's trying too hard. Everything is ugly. The humor is way off. I don't know that much about director Tim Garrick and his writing partner Scott Russell. They don't have much of a track record but I did see their earlier writing effort, Jailbait. It has the same teen sex romp writing with broad satirical takes. The actors are lower grade, the production is lower, and the level of humor is similar. At least, that one's satire marginally works. None of this one works and it's a grind from the very start. I grew to hate the repeat-o-punchlines. This is wasting the talents of some pretty good actors in the adult roles. It's bad.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Feed the Dog
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mad Chance
      • Starboard Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $422,697
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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