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What happens when a bunch of run-down Greek gods share a flat in modern-day London? That was the premise of Marie Phillips' 2007 novel, Gods Behaving Badly. Four years later, the book was picked up for a movie adaptation; it was to be directed by Marc Turtletaub, the producer of such indie hits as Little Miss Sunshine and Safety Not Guaranteed. Gods Behaving Badly attracted a great cast, which included Christopher Walken as Zeus, John Turturro as Hades and Sharon Stone as Aphrodite. Alicia Silverstone played the protagonist, an ordinary mortal named Kate.
Gods Behaving Badly was Turtletaub's first movie as director and, by most accounts, the result didn't turn out too well. The book's author wrote in 2014 that she'd met one of the film's actors while out shopping in New York. "Oh yes," the actor said of the film. "It's a fiasco."
The fantasy comedy made its debut at the Rome Film Festival in 2013, where it was roundly panned by the few critics who saw it. "This outdated, unfunny satire feels like an extended SNL sketch from the early 90s," The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "and one that probably would have been tossed into the waste basket."
Prophetically, Variety described Turtletaub's effort as "So wishy-washy, it's possibly unreleasable."
After that lone screening in Italy, Gods Behaving Badly descended into limbo, never to return.
What happens when a bunch of run-down Greek gods share a flat in modern-day London? That was the premise of Marie Phillips' 2007 novel, Gods Behaving Badly. Four years later, the book was picked up for a movie adaptation; it was to be directed by Marc Turtletaub, the producer of such indie hits as Little Miss Sunshine and Safety Not Guaranteed. Gods Behaving Badly attracted a great cast, which included Christopher Walken as Zeus, John Turturro as Hades and Sharon Stone as Aphrodite. Alicia Silverstone played the protagonist, an ordinary mortal named Kate.
Gods Behaving Badly was Turtletaub's first movie as director and, by most accounts, the result didn't turn out too well. The book's author wrote in 2014 that she'd met one of the film's actors while out shopping in New York. "Oh yes," the actor said of the film. "It's a fiasco."
The fantasy comedy made its debut at the Rome Film Festival in 2013, where it was roundly panned by the few critics who saw it. "This outdated, unfunny satire feels like an extended SNL sketch from the early 90s," The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "and one that probably would have been tossed into the waste basket."
Prophetically, Variety described Turtletaub's effort as "So wishy-washy, it's possibly unreleasable."
After that lone screening in Italy, Gods Behaving Badly descended into limbo, never to return.
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