''Behaving Badly'' is a 2014 American

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film written and directed by Tim Garrick, which is the film adaptation of the 2000

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While I'm Dead Feed the Dog ''While I'm Dead Feed the Dog'' is a comedic novel written by Ric Browde, published by Harper Collins in 2000. Summary 16-year-old Ric Thibault opens his mother's attempted suicide note that simply says: "While I'm dead...feed the dog." He can't ...

''. It stars

Nat Wolff Nathaniel Marvin Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor and musician. He gained recognition for composing the music for ''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–2009), a Nickelodeon television serie ...

and

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alongside

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Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''The Karate Kid'' (1984), '' Adventures in Babysitting'' (1987), ''Cocktail'' (1988), '' Back to the Future Part II'' (1989), ''B ...

Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy '' License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaime ...

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and

Cary Elwes Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his leading film roles as Westley in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Robin Hood in '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in ...

. The movie was released on video-on-demand on July 1, 2014, before a theatrical release on August 1, 2014. Teenager Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff), has a crush on Nina Pennington (Selena Gomez). When Rick realizes that Nina broke up with her boyfriend Kevin Carpenter (Austin Stowell) he makes his move. He places a bet with Karlis Malinauskas (Nate Hartley), a mobster's son, that he will have sex with Nina before Arbor Day, leading to a serious chain of events from having sex with his best friend's mom (Elisabeth Shue), to having almost the whole town in jail, including Nina.

Cast

as Rick Stevens *

as Nina Pennington *

as Lucy Stevens/Saint Lola *

as Pamela Bender *

as Jimmy Leach *

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as Billy Bender *

as Anette Stratton-Osborne *

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as Kristen Stevens *

as Father Krumins *

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as Kevin Carpenter *

as Joseph Stevens *

Patrick Warburton Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American actor. On television, he has played David Puddy on '' Seinfeld'', the title character on '' The Tick'', Jeb Denton on ''Less Than Perfect'', Jeff Bingham on ''Rules of Engagement'' and Lem ...

as Principal Basil Poole * Jennifer R. Blake as Janice *

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as Chief Howard D. Lansing *

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as Brian Savage *

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as Keith Bender * Nate Hartley as Karlis Malinauskas * Mitch Hewer as Steven Stevens * Scott Evans as Ronnie Watt *

Gil McKinney Mark Gilbert McKinney, known professionally as Gil McKinney, (born February 5, 1979 in Houston, Texas) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Paul Grady on '' ER'', Derek Bishop on '' Friday Night Lights'', a ...

as Officer Joe Tackett *

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as Kristen's Friend

Production

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took place at John Burroughs Middle School in Los Angeles, California in August 2012. The shoot took twenty days to complete. Originally titled ''Feed The Dog'' since it is based on the book ''

'', the film changed its name in August 2012 to ''Parental Guidance Suggested'' before being revised to ''Behaving Badly''. The third title revision was largely due to the

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film '' Parental Guidance'' in the 2012 holiday season having already claimed the title, causing possible confusion. Browde, the author of the original autobiographical novel, has disavowed the film as going against the source material of his book.

Release and Reception

In April 2014, it was announced

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had acquired U.S distribution rights to the film. The film was released in the

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on June 9, 2014. The film was released in the

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on July 1, 2014, through

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, before being released in a

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on August 1, 2014. The film received a 0% approval rate on ''

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'' following 17 reviews, and a score of 18/100 on ''

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'' suggesting "overwhelming dislike."

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