Appropriate Behavior is an American comedy film, which premiered on January 18, 2014 at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Desiree Akhavan, the film stars Akhavan as Shirin, a bisexual Persian American woman in Brooklyn struggling to rebuild her life after breaking up with her girlfriend Maxine (Rebecca Henderson).
The film's cast also includes Scott Adsit, Halley Feiffer, Anh Duong, Hooman Majd, Arian Moayed and Aimee Mullins, and is the second feature film by UK-based company Parkville Pictures.
Plot
Shirin is struggling to be an ideal Persian daughter, a politically correct bisexual, and a hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.
Cast
- Desiree Akhavan as Shirin
- Scott Adsit as Ken
- Rebecca Henderson as Maxine
- Halley Feiffer as Crystal
- Anh Duong as Nasrin
- Hooman Majd as Mehrdad
- Arian Moayed as Ali
- Aimee Mullins as Sasha
Reception
Appropriate Behavior received mostly positive reviews from critics. Andrew Barker of Variety, said in his review that "It may be a lesbian Persian-American 'Girls' knockoff, but writer-director-star Desiree Akhavan's debut still packs plenty of punch." David Rooney in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by saying that "The promise of fresh cultural perspectives gives way to a more amorphous slice of contemporary romantic angst comedy." Katie Walsh of Indiewire grade the film B+ by saying that "Funny, unique, and entirely inappropriate, Appropriate Behavior is a supremely satisfying and irreverent take on the New York rom-com."
References
External links
- Appropriate Behavior at the Internet Movie Database
- Appropriate Behavior at Rotten Tomatoes