Ill Behaviour (2017)

2017 | UKSam Bain★★★

Buoyed by witty dialogue and amiable performances, but hamstrung by a complete absence of credibility, Sam Bain's Ill Behaviour is a mildly diverting three-part BBC black comedy, Starring Chris Geere, Tom Riley, Jessica Regan, and Lizzy Caplan.

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"Thirty-something friends Joel, Charlie and Tess are having a tough time. Joel is recently divorced and now has the hots for doctor Nadia, a raging alcoholic/ Tess has quit her job. And Charlie – well, Charlie has cancer. Charlie wants to treat the cancer naturally (it’s curable if caught in time) but Joel is convinced this is suicide. There’s only one thing for it: kidnapping. Joel and Tess bundle off Charlie to a secret country house and, with Nadia’s ‘help’, begin a course of chemotherapy with Charlie tied to a chair. Tempers flare, temperatures rise, copious amounts of alcohol are consumed and crossbows are brandished. Mates turn into enemies, enemies turn into lovers and life-long friendships bend, stretch – and shatter." 2entertain