Misbehaviour

Name: Misbehaviour
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy
Released: September 25, 2020
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Daniel Tiplady, Greg Kinnear, Jessie Buckley, Justin Salinger, Kajsa Mohammar

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Shout! Studios | Release Date (Streaming): September 25, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Daniel Tiplady, Greg Kinnear, Jessie Buckley, Justin Salinger, Kajsa Mohammar, Keira Knightley, Lily Newmark, Ruby Bentall, Stephen Boxer

Summary: In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women's Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage andIn 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women's Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.… Expand

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Genre(s): Drama, History, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Fionnuala Halligan

Sep 24, 2020

Well written, -acted, -cast and -produced, this wholly entertaining yet stingingly relevant story of the 1970 Miss World finals should have been a smash hit when it opened in UK theatres on March 13, but events overtook its release. Read full review

Tara Brady

Sep 24, 2020

It’s just a great story, you wonder why nobody thought to make a movie before. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 24, 2020

If there is a tonal uncertainty in this comedy, then that’s because there was a tonal uncertainty in the real-life events, and the movie nicely conveys how they were at one and the same time deadly serious and Pythonically silly. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Sep 25, 2020

An attempt to tell this complicated intersectional story, and it does so with a comedic light-hearted style, sometimes appropriate, but sometimes inadequate to the possibilities inherent in the real-life event. Read full review

Empire Beth Webb

Sep 24, 2020

Knightley and Mbatha-Raw headline an excellent band of British talent, but the film’s focus feels sadly misguided. There’s a great story within Misbehaviour — we just don’t get to see enough of it. Read full review

Neil Smith

Sep 24, 2020

A memorable showdown from yesteryear is recalled in an enjoyable yet frustrating film that stubbornly refuses to pick a side. Read full review

Simran Hans

Sep 24, 2020

The film is called Misbehaviour, but a timid script belies mischief of any sort. Read full review

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Thomass

Oct 12, 2020

Absolutely great. Carefully weaves the story of emerging feminism with both humor and thoughtfulness. This is quite an accomplishment. Would recommend this. I never knew this event happened so a history lesson as well.

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DawdlingPoet

Mar 7, 2022

I thought this was a reasonably well made film based on a true story. I'm a little uncomfortable that its categorised as a comedy - the issue of womens rights and the objectification of young women is hardly a laughing matter and if anything such issues have only got worse in the followingI thought this was a reasonably well made film based on a true story. I'm a little uncomfortable that its categorised as a comedy - the issue of womens rights and the objectification of young women is hardly a laughing matter and if anything such issues have only got worse in the following decades. I suppose there are some moments where the activists are shown in high spirits, which may cheer you but I wouldn't say any of it is exactly laugh out loud material. I'd heard about the true story before (having seen a documentary about it on the BBC a few years back), so I knew roughly what to expect. I thought both Keira Knightley and Jessie Buckley gave good performances, probably moreso Jessie Buckley, who is someone I really rate for her performances. If your interested in seeing the story played out in all its 1970 era bright colours and naffness, you'll find that here certainly - its a good film to potentially start discussion about feminism maybe and generally I thought it's a good film. Maybe not quite good but decent enough to be worth a watch, yes. Oh and I particularly liked that at the end, we're given details about what happened to the characters via text and shown images of the real people who were involved in real life as well - that always helps with such true life stories.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Feb 28, 2021

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Losing herself in forced, rhetorical and superficial digressions, the director makes the film outdated, too similar to the thousand others about the #meetoo, slow, boring, insincere, negligible. The few images during post-film credits with the real protagonists are(Mauro Lanari)
Losing herself in forced, rhetorical and superficial digressions, the director makes the film outdated, too similar to the thousand others about the #meetoo, slow, boring, insincere, negligible. The few images during post-film credits with the real protagonists are incomparably more exciting.… Expand

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num47

Oct 30, 2020

It kept disappearing from the beginning of the story. I could easily predicted how the story was going to end. The writer of this movies probably was writing the story while patting himself / herself on the back thinking that he/she is going win some kind of award this year. Sorry, i didn’tIt kept disappearing from the beginning of the story. I could easily predicted how the story was going to end. The writer of this movies probably was writing the story while patting himself / herself on the back thinking that he/she is going win some kind of award this year. Sorry, i didn’t bother to check if the writer was a male or female. It was a waste of my time and the people i was watching it with.… Expand

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