Directed by:
Tim GarrickComposer:
David NewmanCast:
Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker, Ashley Rickards, Elisabeth Shue, Heather Graham, Patrick Warburton, Dylan McDermott, Jason Lee, Cary Elwes, Nat Wolff (more)VOD (1)
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Not-too-popular high schooler, Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff), tempts fate - and worse - by betting that he can bed the girl of his dreams, Nina Pennington (Selena Gomez), before Arbor Day. But since Nina barely acknowledges Rick's existence, Rick's chances to win the bet are slim-to-none. So Rick schemes to win her over by securing backstage passes for them to meet her crush, music icon Josh Groban. Rick's seemingly sure-fire plans quickly fall apart, so he plots some Risky Business, with numerous complications that ensue involving an ever-growing list for Rick of classmates and co-conspirators, including the neighbourhood priest (Jason Lee); local mafia; Rick's strip-club-owner boss (Dylan McDermott); a phalanx of law enforcement; his best friend's oversexed mum (Elisabeth Shue); one scintillating mob-owned attorney (Heather Graham); and Rick's suicidal mother and his very own personal saint (Mary-Louise Parker, in both roles) - all helping Rick to prove, if nothing else, that love... or, at least, a teen's hormonal attempts to 'get some'... knows no bounds. (Reel Entertainment)
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It's not a comedy that stands out significantly, but I quite liked the theme, so I had a good time with Behaving Badly. Besides, I've found that I can simply watch Selena even if she’s in a crappy film. This one is fairly decent, though. There are quite tolerable characters and especially interesting actors who elevate it a bit higher than the level of the script.
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