OR

Email Address

Password

Forgot password?

Bad Apples

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews

See All

68

USER SCORE

No score yet

tbd

RELEASE DATE: TBA

Bad Apples

Movie Details & Credits

Republic Pictures | Release Date: TBA | Not Rated

Summary: A primary school teacher (Saoirse Ronan) takes drastic action because of a foul-mouthed, violent student, and uncovers how her community will turn a blind eye to the most outrageous events to preserve harmony and their sense of safety.

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

See All Details and Credits

Metascore

Negative:

0

Critic Reviews

85

TheWrap

Chase Hutchinson

Sep 8, 2025

Etzler wields the film’s urgent satire like a scalpel, precisely cutting away at all the lies we so easily find ourselves telling that mask the darker truths about who we are. Read full review

83

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 8, 2025

That Bad Apples is so much fun to hem and haw about is a testament to Ronan’s typically excellent performance, which showcases both her low-key comic charm and also her pronounced talent for ambivalence. Read full review

80

Collider Therese Lacson

Sep 8, 2025

Etzler carefully walks the line, taking a dark subject and ratcheting up both the tension and the humor until the two are inextricably linked, making for an entertaining and unpredictably exciting debut. Read full review

80

The Hollywood Reporter

Leslie Felperin

Sep 8, 2025

The end result is a nifty ethical puzzle about balancing the needs of individuals versus those of the community. Still, it’s best not to take the plot too seriously given the wild implausibilities that come into play in the third act. Read full review

60

The Guardian Richard Lawson

Sep 8, 2025

Etzler manages some nasty comedy, sourced from the bracing jolt of watching teacher and student cruelly manipulate one another. And he shows a sturdy technical command throughout. Read full review

60

Variety

Guy Lodge

Oct 7, 2025

Ultimately, this odd, wicked little amorality tale winds up siding with no one: The children are indeed the future, we’re left to conclude, but will they make it any better than the present? Read full review

50

Screen Daily

Tim Grierson

Sep 8, 2025

Swedish director Jonatan Etzler, making his English-language debut, cannot keep this daring story plausible enough to offer meaningful insights into our broken education system. Read full review

SEE ALL 9 REVIEWS

Positive:

0

Mixed:

0

Negative:

0

No reviews yet.

More From Metacritic

What to Watch Right Now on Paramount+

Find a list of the best recent and upcoming film and TV titles added to...

What to Watch Right Now on Amazon's Prime Video

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

What to Watch Right Now on Netflix

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

What to Watch Right Now on Hulu

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

Awards & Rankings

Current Movie Releases

By MetascoreBy User Score

1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

2 77 Project Hail Mary

5 72 The Sheep Detectives

SEE ALL

More From Bad Apples

SEE ALL TRAILERS