Gravitas Ventures shared the official trailer for Bad Behaviour, the dark comedy film starring Jennifer Connelly as a former child actor seeking enlightenment at a retreat while navigating a turbulent relationship with her daughter.
Also starring in the movie are Ben Whishaw, Grace Palmer, Alice Englert, Dasha Nekrasova, Jane Campion, Ana Scotney, Marlon Williams, Karan Gill, and Beulah Koale.
Release Date
Directed by Australian actress Alice Englert making her feature directorial debut, Bad Behaviour world premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival; and opens in theaters and on VOD on June 14, 2024.
Synopsis
Lucy, a former child actress, seeks healing from the traumas of her life. She embarks on a spiritual retreat, only for it to become anything but healing: she’s easily annoyed by the other attendees and wants attention from the retreat’s new-age guru Elon Bello. Even worse, she has become destructively obsessed with the retreat’s celebrity guest, a model named Beverly. As Beverly finds “enlightenment” easily, Lucy’s feelings of insecurity continue to rise to the surface. During this time, Lucy also tries to connect with her stunt performer adult daughter, Dylan who’s currently on set in New Zealand. Dylan’s falling into an obsession of her own: a bad romance with the main actor Elmore, whose insistence on doing his own stunts will have disastrous consequences. Brutal incidents in both women’s worlds force them to back together to confront their personal demons and their own relationship.
Reviews
The Guardian review gave the movie 3 of 5 stars, wrote, “At least Englert made a safe bet by casting Jennifer Connelly in the lead, for one of her best roles for many years. Here she plays Lucy who, like Connelly herself, was once a child star but is now filled with rage and bitterness with her parents, her (never seen) ex-husband – and even her grown daughter Dylan (Englert) who is working as a stunt double in New Zealand when the story begins.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Bad Behaviour