Nothing Bad Can Happen
Drafthouse Films | Release Date: June 27, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJul 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
78
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossJun 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
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonJul 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
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 3, 2014
Pitting good against evil with striking intelligence and a near-operatic commitment to extreme suffering, Ms. Gebbe neither mocks nor celebrates Tore’s love for his God. Neither does she give any hint that it’s reciprocated. Read full review
70
Film.comJordan HoffmanJun 22, 2014
his bleak and somewhat sadistic picture is the type of movie that unfolds like a slow car wreck. You know something bad is going to happen, you just aren’t sure what, or how, and when it eventually happens it is repulsive and yet you still can’t turn away. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 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
50
The DissolveScott TobiasJul 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
50
VarietyScott FoundasJun 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
30
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiJun 26, 2014
The method to Von Trier's madness is that he provokes thought alongside outrage in his parables. Here, Gebbe musters only outrage, as her antagonists are without nuance, mercy or any redeeming quality. Read full review
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Slant MagazineClayton DillardJun 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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