Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- oppressive
- disturbing
- arthouse horror night
- serious cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized Katrin Gebbe's striking talent, intense performances, and potent horror atmosphere while finding the screenplay muddled or weak.
What sets it apart
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Tore's religious devotion is placed against escalating domestic cruelty, creating horror through recognizable social violence rather than supernatural threats.
Benno's family uses intimidation, violence, and sexualized cruelty to control Tore after he moves into their garden plot.
Tore attempts to answer torment with religious altruism, turning adolescence into an ordeal of belief and endurance.
The family's seemingly pastoral garden setting becomes an enclosed site of threat, contrasting everyday domestic spaces with escalating violence.
Films like Nothing Bad Can Happen, and why
Benny's Video
shares transgressive social realism, escalating domestic cruelty, and harrowing psychological intensity
The White Ribbon
shares bleak coming-of-age drama, institutional violence, and morally punishing realism
Mysterious Skin
shares religious extremism, coercive family dynamics, and disturbing arthouse horror
Dogville
shares oppressive domestic abuse, ambiguous morality, and psychologically brutal drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Katrin Gebbe
- Release Date
- 2013-09-28
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (74)
Cast
- Julius Feldmeier
- Sascha Alexander Geršak
- Gro Swantje Kohlhof
- Annika Kuhl
- Daniel Michel
- Uwe Dag Berlin
- Christoph Jacobi
- Til-Niklas Theinert
- Christian Bergmann
- Nadine Boske
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Nothing Bad Can Happen about?
- A devout teenager seeking fellowship becomes trapped in a family’s escalating regime of domestic cruelty, where altruism turns into a desperate form of resistance.
- What is Nothing Bad Can Happen like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nothing Bad Can Happen as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Nothing Bad Can Happen violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Nothing Bad Can Happen as graphic.
- What did critics think of Nothing Bad Can Happen?
- Critics broadly recognized Katrin Gebbe's striking talent, intense performances, and potent horror atmosphere while finding the screenplay muddled or weak.
- Which films are like Nothing Bad Can Happen?
- Films with a similar feel include Benny's Video, The White Ribbon, Mysterious Skin, and Dogville.
- How long is Nothing Bad Can Happen?
- Nothing Bad Can Happen runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch Nothing Bad Can Happen?
- In United States, Nothing Bad Can Happen is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
