6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Horror, Crime • 2013 • 108 min
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Overview
A German drama from director Katrin Gebbe, this film follows Tore, a young man attached to a Christian punk subculture, who becomes entangled with a brutal and controlling family. The story treats Christian faith with a degree of sincerity, presenting Tore's belief as genuine rather than naive or ridiculous. That sympathy for faith, combined with the absence of progressive identity politics, nudges the label toward Leans Traditional. The family-values signal pulls slightly the other way: the film exposes how a veneer of religious domesticity can shelter sadism. The result is a dark character study that takes belief seriously while refusing to let traditional structures off the hook.
Starring Cast
Julius Feldmeier • Sascha Alexander Gersak • Annika Kuhl
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
A German drama from director Katrin Gebbe, this film follows Tore, a young man attached to a Christian punk subculture, who becomes entangled with a brutal and controlling family. The story treats Christian faith with a degree of sincerity, presenting Tore's belief as genuine rather than naive or ridiculous. That sympathy for faith, combined with the absence of progressive identity politics, nudges the label toward Leans Traditional. The family-values signal pulls slightly the other way: the film exposes how a veneer of religious domesticity can shelter sadism. The result is a dark character study that takes belief seriously while refusing to let traditional structures off the hook.
Starring Cast
Julius Feldmeier • Sascha Alexander Gersak • Annika Kuhl
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film primarily explores the psychological and physical endurance of an individual facing extreme religious abuse, focusing on the visceral experience of suffering rather than advocating for specific political solutions or framing the conflict within a broader ideological debate.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white German ensemble, aligning with its setting. The narrative focuses on individual acts of abuse and fanaticism, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities as a group or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a family unit that superficially adheres to traditional structures and religious claims, but the narrative critically exposes these elements as instruments of severe abuse, control, and sadism, thereby questioning the safety and virtue of unchecked traditional norms and authority.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film portrays the protagonist's Christian faith with depth and sympathy, even as it explores the tragic consequences of his unwavering belief in the face of extreme evil. His commitment to love and forgiveness, despite horrific abuse, is presented as a profound, albeit vulnerable, aspect of his character. The narrative condemns the hypocrisy of his abusers, not the faith itself.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film centers on a young Christian punk's journey into an abusive family, exploring themes of faith, violence, and suffering. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on the protagonist's unwavering belief amidst extreme hardship.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Nothing Bad Can Happen' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a young man's experiences with a dysfunctional and abusive family, exploring themes of faith, suffering, and violence. Transsexual identity is not a subject addressed within the film's plot or character arcs.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Nothing Bad Can Happen" is an original story with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous adaptation from which character genders could have been altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an original story with characters created specifically for it. There is no pre-existing source material, prior installments, or historical record to establish a canonical race for any character.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
7.1
Critic Ratings
7.0
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