Rotten
This ruthlessly unfunny misfire should be quickly relegated to an IMDb trivia question after a brief theatrical bow.
Andrew Barker, Variety
Behaving Badly
One good girl, several very bad choices
2014 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Tim Garrick
Overview
Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
Director and cast
- Tim Garrick Director
- Nat Wolff as Rick Stevens
- Selena Gomez as Nina Pennington
- Mary-Louise Parker as Lucy Stevens / Saint Lola
- Elisabeth Shue as Pamela Bender
- Dylan McDermott as Jimmy Leach
- Lachlan Buchanan as Billy Bender
- Heather Graham as Annette Stratton-Osborne
- Ashley Rickards as Kristen Stevens
- Jason Lee as Father Krumins
- Austin Stowell as Kevin Carpenter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
Aside from a few lines of juicy bad language, Gomez plays the innocent in this fast-paced screwball farce, which is full of cheerful vulgarity but dangerously low on wit, charm or narrative logic.
Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter
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