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Bad Education
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #981
- IMDb #1309
- Google retired #1852
- Rotten Tomatoes #886
- Metacritic #699
- Letterboxd #675
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1234
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1017
- Metacritic Critics #633
- Metacritic Audience #1100
- Criticker #719
- Kinopoisk #1410
- AlloCiné #1201
- Trakt #1653
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88.
See the most agreed on films →Two childhood friends, now a filmmaker and a struggling actor, reunite and decide to turn a painful episode from their Catholic school days into a movie. As they work on the script, they delve into memories of abuse at the hands of a beloved priest. Their project unearths long-buried secrets and unresolved trauma, leading to revelations that impact their lives and their understanding of the past.
Details
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Writer
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Studio
- El Deseo
- Released
- 19 March 2004
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Latin
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- NC-17
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $40.3M
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 win from 7 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 19th Goya Awards 2005 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| 19th Goya Awards 2005 | Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| 19th Goya Awards 2005 | Best Art Direction | Antxón Gómez | Nominee |
| 19th Goya Awards 2005 | Best Production Supervision | Esther García | Nominee |
| 30th César Awards 2005 | Best Film from the European Union | Nominee | |
| 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards 2005 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Gael García Bernal | Nominee |
| 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards 2005 | Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Javier Cámara | Winner |
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×| Best Art Direction | Antxón Gómez | Nominee |
| Best Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Production Supervision | Esther García | Nominee |
| Best Film from the European Union | Nominee |
| Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Javier Cámara | Winner |
| Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Gael García Bernal | Nominee |