How to Be Really Bad

The jokes and acting are superb.

I really enjoyed it - first film that stopped me reading my phone and pay attention since lockdown.

An "evil" teen comedy. The devil's daughter, Lilith was to be as evil as her father but she is charming and in love instead. (Not as charming as Samuel... 😉) The performances of all the actors are convincing as hell! The movie has a perfect plot twist. Loved it!! 😈😈

Ah it is so fun if you can use another movies title, that is a fitting description, while it has nothing to do with the other movie you just used the title from. This is not Conjuring or anything close a horror movie, even though we have the devil in our midst. Well his daughter.

So you know what you will get into - do not blame the movie if you don't like it on that merits. It is aimed at teenagers and female ones at that. That doesn't mean that the feelgood vibe of it (that does not make too much sense if you think about it, just don't then) won't affect anyone else too. Good actors for the genre and the low budget this had.

This is a high school feel-good movie, much better than any Disney made-for-TV movie or series. The Netflix description and absurd 14+ rating (not to mention impossible to find by browsing) results in a lot of the intended audience not knowing that this movie exists.

The movie is in German and has English subtitles. But it isn't too dialogue-heavy, so there is plenty of opportunity to enjoy the film without constantly reading.

The premise is pretty original - it could have gone a lot of different directions but somehow ended up as a high school comedy, with fun creative takes on the different high school tropes. The film doesn't waste time on random scenes or rambling dialogue - every scene and conversation pushes one of the several plotlines forward.

The acting, directing, and editing are all top-notch. You can tell it's not quite Hollywood, but at the same time it's not an artsy indie film or a made-for-TV movie. At least 6 members of the cast had what I call "presence" and really immersed you into the film. It makes me want to explore contemporary German cinema to see what else is out there.

One could nitpick some of the plot elements and character decisions, but at the end of the day it's a high school comedy and it delivers 100%. One small nitpick is that one of the love interests had a great introduction and personality, but then the film made him too passive for second half of the film, taking away his fun persona.

This movie touched me a lot. One of the characters is supposed to be evil and the other meek and submissive. What happens now that many of us were like that, raised by our parents to be positive, helpful and kind, while in school hierarchy that doesn't earn you any respect, power or popularity.

I wish I have seen this movie when I was a teen, so I would understand better the dynamics and act badder, so I wouldn't regret being so optimistic. In this movie the evil girl is supposed to ruin the nice one, but she ends up helping her to find her self esteem.