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Don't Be Bad

Name: Don't Be Bad
Director: Claudio Caligari
Released: 2015
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

6.3/10

Good

2015

Director

Claudio Caligari

Runtime

102 minutes

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Don't Be Bad is a gritty exploration of socioeconomic alienation in the outskirts of Rome. It succeeds as a critique of consumerist status and the erosion of traditional institutional stability. The film's strength lies in its anti-capitalist sentiment and its depiction of a fractured, directionless youth culture. However, the film remains heavily tethered to conventional genre clichés. The hyper-masculine focus and the lack of diverse identity representation limit its breadth. While it captures urban exclusion, it does so through a narrow lens of class and gendered bravado.

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Category Breakdown

Does Don't Be Bad have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on the socioeconomic struggles of Vittorio and Cesare. It does not prioritize LGBTQ+ identities or stories as primary plot drivers.

How does Don't Be Bad portray gender?

Fair

The film operates within a hyper-masculine crime-drama framework. It lacks the empowerment of female characters or a meaningful deconstruction of traditional masculinity.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Don't Be Bad?

Fair

The setting captures the textures of a modern Italian periphery. However, the film focuses on class-based identity rather than prominent multi-layered or racial casting.

How does Don't Be Bad represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film offers a sophisticated critique of consumerism and capitalist structures. It effectively portrays a disconnect between youth and traditional authority figures.

Does Don't Be Bad include disability representation?

Limited

Character arcs center on psychological alienation and socioeconomic pressure. There is no significant integration of physical or neurodivergent disabilities into the story.

Present on Screen

Provides a profound critique of capitalist consumerism and the hollow pursuit of luxury.
Effectively deconstructs traditional authority figures and Western social stability.
Captures the authentic textures of a modern, underrepresented Italian urban periphery.

Limited or Absent

Lacks meaningful representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight-centered narratives.
Fails to empower female characters or challenge hyper-masculine genre hierarchies.
Does not integrate visible or invisible disabilities into the central character arcs.

Official Synopsis

A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.

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