
The young Tore seeks in Hamburg a new life among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with the father of the family, Benno. Soon he moves in with them at their garden plot, not knowing what cruelty is there to come. True to his religious belief he stays with them although the increasing violence by Benno is torturing him. Tor... (Full plot summary below)
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The young Tore seeks in Hamburg a new life among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with the father of the family, Benno. Soon he moves in with them at their garden plot, not knowing what cruelty is there to come. True to his religious belief he stays with them although the increasing violence by Benno is torturing him. Tore is fighting the torment with his own weapons. So a dangerous struggle between libidinous actions and altruism begins. Inspired by true events.
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| Austin American-StatesmanCharles EalyIf you choose to go see it, you can make up your own mind. By the third act, however, you might wish that you had stayed home. |
| Austin ChronicleWilliam GossFor the most part, though, Nothing Bad manages to hold a tight grip, evocative as it is of Lars von Trier’s similarly unflinching "Dogville" and equally bound to start some conversations among those willing to stomach it. |
| Movie MezzanineTom CliftWhile I was certainly enamoured (aesthetically speaking) by the suffocating precision of Gebbe's craft, prolonged exposure is numbing. Then again, perhaps that's the point |
| Grolsch Film WorksAnton Bitellike Jesus of Montreal (1989) transferred to the outskirts of Hamburg, Katrin Gebbe's challenging debut reorients the temptation and passion of Jesus to the environs of contemporary life and to the idioms of handheld naturalism |
| Film ThrillsDeirdre CrimminsThis film is beautiful, haunting, and downright disturbing. |
| Movie MezzanineZeba BlayUltimately, this is a film that asks deep questions but offers somewhat shallow answers. |
| Movie MezzanineDan SchindelA horror film in which our darkest proclivities are the monster. |
| FEARnetScott WeinbergA dark and thoughtful film with a legitimately challenging and worthwhile message. |
| Under the RadarZach HollwedelNothing Bad Can Happen examines modern faith in a way few films do. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoPure evil meets unshakable faith in Katrin Gebbe's torturous Nothing Bad Can Happen, a film that begins as a meditation on human behavior and belief but crosses the line into pure sadism. |