Nothing Bad Can Happen

Name: Nothing Bad Can Happen
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: June 27, 2014
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 51

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Drafthouse Films | Release Date: June 27, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement falls in with a dysfunctional family curious to test his seemingly unwavering faith.

Director: Katrin Gebbe

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Amy Nicholson

Jul 1, 2014

Gebbe never asks us to believe in Tore's god, but she asks us to honor his beliefs. She's found an incredible conduit in Feldmeier. Read full review

William Goss

Jun 25, 2014

For the most part, though, Nothing Bad manages to hold a tight grip, evocative as it is of Lars von Trier’s similarly unflinching "Dogville" and equally bound to start some conversations among those willing to stomach it. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jul 3, 2014

Gebbe has made a robust and compelling first feature, deftly shot and ably acted, especially by its younger cast members. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jun 27, 2014

Pure evil meets unshakable faith in Katrin Gebbe's torturous Nothing Bad Can Happen, a film that begins as a meditation on human behavior and belief but crosses the line into pure sadism. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Jul 1, 2014

Writer-director Katrin Gebbe rubs viewers’ faces in this dog dish of a film, with the promise that some sliver of transcendence will redeem it. But it’s all dog dish. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Jun 22, 2014

Skillfully made first feature by writer-director Katrin Gebbe has some undeniably striking passages and performances, but ultimately spirals toward a gruesome third act that is no less monotonous for supposedly being based on true events. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jun 22, 2014

A film so comprehensively miscalculated in its desire to be a batshit think piece that it potentially creates a new category of offense. Read full review

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LowbrowCinema

Jul 8, 2014

NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (aka TORE TANZT) could have slipped into the annals of torture porn but first time director Katrin Gebbe has such a sure hand and grasp of her subject that the film never crosses the line into degenerate entertainment (not that I'm against that). But it's refreshing toNOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (aka TORE TANZT) could have slipped into the annals of torture porn but first time director Katrin Gebbe has such a sure hand and grasp of her subject that the film never crosses the line into degenerate entertainment (not that I'm against that). But it's refreshing to see a film that has so much on its mind and plays with our expectations while depicting a world in which beauty, truth and innocence are not only resented but demeaned and destroyed. This is a tough film which one could see as a statement on the masochism behind religious zealotry but is ultimately about human pettiness. The film seriously calls to mind the work of Lars von Trier and Gebbe deserves positive comparisons to von Trier but NOTHING has a genuineness that makes if feel poignant rather than an intellectual exercise. NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN is not an easy film but well worth the pain.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Feb 27, 2018

I'm quite confused with this film, quite puzzled, especially considering that it's based on real events. This film is quite dark and oppressive but it also comes at a point where you wonder where everything is going or what is the point. It's not like I haven't seen movies like that beforeI'm quite confused with this film, quite puzzled, especially considering that it's based on real events. This film is quite dark and oppressive but it also comes at a point where you wonder where everything is going or what is the point. It's not like I haven't seen movies like that before but the story of this one and how it's told, forces you to question the plot and it doesn't really give answers or any sort of narrative satisfaction but I can assure that you will have a good conversation afterwards.… Expand

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Zuultaan

Oct 2, 2022

A labor in stupidity, the directors sexual fantasies is what I feel like a watched. Just a pointless awful film.

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