| | “Funny, unique, and entirely inappropriate, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR is a supremely satisfying and irreverent take on the New York rom-com.”
—The Playlist |
|
| | “APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR is the kind of movie that helps restore ‘Sundance movie’ to its proper definition.”
—Film.com |
|
“Packs plenty of punch.”
—Variety |
|
| | “Akhavan is very much her own artist—with a polyglot urban voice that comes off like an unholy cross between Fran Lebowitz, Junot Diaz, Tina Fey and Hanif Kureishi.”
—Rolling Stone |
|
“Drawing comparisons to Louis C.K. and Noah Baumbach, Akhavan looks to be a real comic talent going forward.”
—Indiewire |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
ABOUT THE FILM:
For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Rebecca Henderson), can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.
Written and directed by Akhavan, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR introduces a gray area to the coming-out narrative; in an Iranian-American family, sharing information about one’s sexuality isn’t always the right approach to liberation. With her priceless deadpan delivery, Akhavan’s portrayal of Shirin is the film’s true revelation—a woman caught between self-doubt and self-possession, trapped in a web of family mores and societal expectations, with all their accompanying—and often hilarious—complexities. (Synopsis by Kim Yutani) |
|
|
 |
|
Twitter
Facebook