Bad Therapy (2020) User Reviews

Pretty Mundane

[robcartwright-26034 · 5/10 · 15 August 2020]

Maybe this movie should be just called Bad.

Potentially, a good plot, but the movie fails to live up to expectations.

I nearly switched off at the half way point and now wish I had.

Not worth your time

[fgsro · 5/10 · 19 July 2020]

Rob cordury is usually very funny. But jesus does his character need to grow some balls. He has no self control and doesnt act in a normal way. Also the characters are very hard to like throughout... wouldnt reccomend.

If you like Lifetime movies this ones for you!

[nsprettygirl · 3/10 · 10 July 2020]

This was in no way comedic or romantic. It's a drama all the way with some lifetime movie aspects.

Boring

[rodriguini · 1/10 · 17 May 2020]

I was watching this movie with friends and we just stopped watching because it was too boring

Boring

[ks-60500 · 3/10 · 1 May 2020]

Totally not as funny as cast could be. Crazy therapy and none real is the failure of the movie.

Total waste of time. Skip it !

[kinemagine · 1/10 · 30 June 2020]

Infantile all over. Total waste of time. Skip it !

Harmless but Boring

[Neon_Gold · 3/10 · 20 July 2020]

I found this movie pretty boring. It just didn't have anything different to really catch your attention. It had a few people that I really loved too so it was pretty disappointing.

The script isn't great the lines they have to deliver are pretty cheese at times.

I also think this is a comedy? But it could have fooled me I'll be honest.

I would probably watch something better that is in this similar vain.

Bad movie

[ingamazonaite · 1/10 · 18 July 2020]

This isn't bad theraphy, this ridiculously bad movie. I don't understand why someone could waste time and resourses for this trash. Script is bad, acting even worse. Seriously- dont waste your time

not bad

[v27678 · 7/10 · 17 May 2021]

It's an entertaining movie overall. It moves slowly, and a lot of people with short attention spans won't like that. A lot of the comedy is subtle and/or sarcastic, which I enjoy. Fun fact: There's a blooper in the last scene when the wife is coming into the house through the front door. When she enters there is a cross on the wall by the door. When the camera flashes back to her, the cross is gone.

This is definitely not a comedy film! Not laughable, and full of annoying overuse scene! Bored to freaking death!

[kwenchow · 1/10 · 30 June 2020]

This film start with a girl "Louise" talking with her phone, and the introduction of a couple(Bob and Susan) scene! As turnout, this film is about Bob and Susan mistrusted an insane therapist "Judy" to reconcile their marriage! Entire film full of boring conversation and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse the hitting things with anger scene, and overuse the arguing scene! Make the film unwatchable! Barely intense scene is, Judy push Dr. Kingsley down to the stairs! At the end, an article indicate Judy sentence to three years jail! Bob and Susan finally have their own baby "Roscoe"! That's it! Wasting time to watch!

Not as bad as the reviews indicate

[franklindf · 10/10 · 12 December 2020]

I imagine this movie got low ratings from people expecting a comedy, and I can see how those people would be disappointed. But the movie does serve fairly well as a drama. It's sort of like Fatal Attraction in the sense that things start off normal with consenting adults. But cracks start to appear in the veneer and chaos ensues. It's not as compelling as Fatal Attraction but it's still relatively entertaining to watch the situation unravel. It's also interesting to see how the trust and vulnerability placed in a therapist can be misplaced and abused and manipulated. So not a great movie but passable in an average way.

I enjoyed very it!

[keithdailey-48525 · 7/10 · 6 July 2021]

Entertainment suited to my taste, perhaps not yours. Alicia was great! The entire movie was fun!

It's a no

[evanbisot · 5/10 · 29 August 2021]

The movie is just so awkward and all over the place. I'm surprised by the cast at the AWFUL acting that was in it. And it wasn't just from one actor. Every single actor in this movie was horrible. It got a couple laughs (awkward, confused laughs) from me simply because I did not understand what the hell I was watching. I can't give it 0 stars I would.

Boring

[Eddie_weinbauer · 1/10 · 6 July 2020]

As every other Alicia Silverstone movie,this is boring. Has this women ever done something note worthy, outside Aerosmith music vids and Clueless??

In this instance it's probably not only her fault. She could be naked,and it couldn't saved the movie. The story is just boring and the actors and their everyday life ,just uninteresting. You simply don't care,bout any of them.

Enjoyable

[Gordon-11 · 20 April 2020]

This is quite a funny comedy that is unexpected and engages you into the plot. It makes you feel for the married couple! I enjoyed it.

NOT A COMEDY

[TrickyladyGames · 3/10 · 9 November 2020]

Movie was more of a lame drama than anything else. It wasn't funny at all, it didn't even try to be. If anything it might've moved more to become a thriller.

What just happened...?

[brenbean · 2/10 · 6 June 2023]

I chose this movie because I'm a 90's girl that has a soft spot for Alicia silverstone.... And it was billed as a comedy and needed something lighthearted....

W. T. F. Don't waste your time.... terribly written, boring as heck, NOT A COMEDY.... How is this movie even possible... it's laughable and I work in the mental health field. That's all I got to say. And I give it two stars for my soft spot for Alicia...!

I wish I could give this movie more because I hate to give anything such a crap review, but I would be doin go the general population an injustice if I did not mention something.... Watch Idiocracy instead...

Silverstone is slapstick ----

[thejdrage · 5/10 · 22 March 2023]

I don't know why Alicia Silverstone decided that this is a slapstick movie, but she is pure slapstick. Michaela Watkins is great in her insanity.

It is a bit on the Lifetime Channel edge, but it is "based" on a true story - and you have to believe that given it's Los Angeles. Everyone there is a bit out of their mind.

They gave an update at the end of the movie and it appears that Judy Small (the real one) got out of prison and her whereabouts are unknown.

My question is; How can someone like her be set free on the public - as footloose and fancy free?!! I find that scary. It's a good thing I can't afford therapy.

A Cure For Insomnia

[cgiambruno · 2/10 · 16 October 2023]

The thing that I found most irritating was that I could not understand most of what the therapist said. I tried to lip read but she barely moves her mouth. The sound was off and the background music was louder than the dialog.

I usually like Alicia Silverstone but I am not sure she should be doing or trying to do any form of comedy.

It's just my personal opinion but she doesn't do loud, frustrated mom roles. She's overly animated. I enjoyed her in Catfight and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer.

The plot was weak and had some random twists thrown in that didn't really matter.

If you are having difficulty falling asleep, watch this film but make sure you have the subtitles turned on.

Based on a book?

[refuserefuse · 2/10 · 10 November 2023]

With the title "Bad Therapy" as premise you could throw a stick and hit a writer that could make a passible story and with this cast of actors throw another stick and hit a director and make at least a coherent film with some good moments.

But this film supposedly has an entire true story book behind it for structure. Maybe the complete mess that this film is explains why the only evidence of this book anywhere on the internet is the film's claim to be based on it.

The more interesting story here would be the meta of how this film came to be. How do decent actors get involved in a film based on a book that was never allowed to see the light of day? Did they read a script that made sense? Did the script, direction etc. Keep changing throughout the film?

Where the actors sometimes give good performances it's as if they read scripts but got entirely different directing notes and only had one take to get the scene right. One comes in playing the comedy straight man to the other's unhinged Lifetime character, so the scene doesn't function for any type of genre.

So if you want a film that is like 6 different bad films with the same actor spliced together like a really unfunny, undramatic mad lib then this is for you.

Alicia Silverstone is hilarious...

[paulrawson82 · 8/10 · 17 April 2020]

Not a blockkbuster by any means but I found this little movie very entertaining. Great cast great script great cinematography and very good acting. Alicia Silverstones performance was great and her talent for comic timing really shows here. She was hilarious. The only down fall was the ending. I was expecting a thrill ride but was left feeling a little unsatisfied. Didn't know it was loosely based on a true story untill it was over. I recommend it if you're happy to watch alicia pull faces for an hour and a half.

Boring

[timithious · 10/10 · 30 October 2020]

Would of gave it a 3 if it didn't have so many rich snobs in it.

Workman-Like Writing And Acting, Based On A Plot Seemingly Combining Three- Or Four- Of Shakespeare's Best Efforts

[ex7617 · 9/10 · 19 April 2020]

Simply repeating the above headline (mainly in case lengthy headlines somehow do not appear there in full) "Workman-Like Writing And Acting, Based On A Plot Seemingly Combining Three- Or Four- Of Shakespeare's Best Efforts".

In essence, this "nine-out-of-10-star" movie depicts a wide range of human weaknesses and strengths, softened and made most enjoyable (plus more easily digestible) by some really broad, Shakespearean-like bawdy humor. And the results prove to be, altogether, relatively great!!