Misbehaviour
Shout! Studios | Release Date (Streaming): September 25, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 24, 2020
If there is a tonal uncertainty in this comedy, then that’s because there was a tonal uncertainty in the real-life events, and the movie nicely conveys how they were at one and the same time deadly serious and Pythonically silly. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradySep 24, 2020
It’s just a great story, you wonder why nobody thought to make a movie before. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganSep 24, 2020
Well written, -acted, -cast and -produced, this wholly entertaining yet stingingly relevant story of the 1970 Miss World finals should have been a smash hit when it opened in UK theatres on March 13, but events overtook its release. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 24, 2020
Misbehaviour is intersectional to a fault, and keeping all those balls in the air is almost more than the movie can handle. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 23, 2020
Following the playbook of “The Full Monty,” “Calendar Girls,” “Military Wives,” et al., Misbehaviour achieves just the right mix of farcical humor, dry wit and the obligatory dramatic moments when the light banter and sight gags give way to Poignant Confrontations reminding us there are serious undertones to this breezy romp. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinSep 24, 2020
The jocular, amiable tone helps deliver the more serious social history lesson throughout, even if sometimes it feels like it’s shouting just a little too loudly to wake up the dimmer students at the back of the lecture hall. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 24, 2020
Good intentions, deft performances and vivid dollops of period style and sensibility go a long way to patch over the bumps. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleySep 25, 2020
An attempt to tell this complicated intersectional story, and it does so with a comedic light-hearted style, sometimes appropriate, but sometimes inadequate to the possibilities inherent in the real-life event. Read full review
60
EmpireBeth WebbSep 24, 2020
Knightley and Mbatha-Raw headline an excellent band of British talent, but the film’s focus feels sadly misguided. There’s a great story within Misbehaviour — we just don’t get to see enough of it. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithSep 24, 2020
A memorable showdown from yesteryear is recalled in an enjoyable yet frustrating film that stubbornly refuses to pick a side. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 24, 2020
Misbehaviour says good riddance to a bad era in the brightest, politest way possible: too politely, perhaps, if you’re seeking a feminist comedy that actually lives up to the raucous promise of its title. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandSep 25, 2020
While Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe’s script works hard to give all of its players dimension, such an overstuffed narrative tends to do the opposite, limping through sub-subplots and continually introducing new characters, leaving its main attractions to twist in the wind. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisSep 24, 2020
Like most commercial movies about feminist history, though, it also has a toothless vision of protest and empowerment that’s doomed to fail its subject because its makers don’t (can’t) risk making the audience uncomfortable. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSep 22, 2020
Each performer tries their best to inject the material with energy and wit and verve, but Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe’s script has too many threads to weave together, leaving everyone looking a bit stranded. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansSep 24, 2020
The film is called Misbehaviour, but a timid script belies mischief of any sort. Read full review
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