''Bad Hurt'' is a 2015 American film directed by

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. It stars

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and

Johnny Whitworth Johnny Whitworth (born October 31, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as A.J. in ''Empire Records'' (1995), as Donny Ray Black in Francis Ford Coppola's '' The Rainmaker'' (1997), as Vernon Gant in '' Limitless'' (2011), as Bl ...

. The film is based on the play ''Badhurt on Cedar Street''.

Plot

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family cares for their Iraq veteran son with

PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a ...

and their mentally disabled daughter.

Cast

as Todd Kendall * Ashley Williams as Jessie *

as Kent Kendall * Iris Gilad as Dee Dee Kendall * Calvin Dutton as Willy Crum *

as Elaine Kendall *

Michael Harney Michael John Harney is an American actor of film, television, and theater. He is best known for starring on the Netflix original series '' Orange Is the New Black'' as Corrections Officer Sam Healy. In 2019, he had a recurring role in the Apple ...

as Ed Kendall *

Dorothy Lyman Dorothy Lyman is an American television actress, director and producer. She is most known for her work as Gwen Frame on '' Another World'' and on ''All My Children'' as Opal Sue Gardner, as Rebecca Whitmore on '' Generations'', and on the sitcom ...

as Mrs. Salisbury

Reception

The film got 79% positive reviews at

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. In ''

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'', Jordan Mintzer wrote that the film "marks a promising directorial debut from playwright Mark Kemble". Gary Goldstein of the ''

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'' found it "too airless and depressing".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3369350, Bad Hurt 2015 films 2010s English-language films Films about disability