Movie · Comedy · Independent

In BAD APPLES, elementary school teacher Maria (Saoirse Ronan) is passionate and idealistic, but she's gradually worn down to the point of exhaustion and despair. With little support from authority figures and with a student called Danny (Eddie Waller) who seems to go out of his way to cause trouble at every opportunity, she's stretched as far as her nerves will allow. When there's a situation outside of school that results in Maria stepping in to restrain Danny, she makes a spur-of-the moment decision that gradually spirals out of control.

2026 · 1h 40m
  • 84%
  • 15+
Director Jonatan Etzler

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Bad Apples

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In BAD APPLES, elementary school teacher Maria (Saoirse Ronan) is passionate and idealistic, but she's gradually worn down to the point of exhaustion and despair. With little support from authority figures and with a student called Danny (Eddie Waller) who seems to go out of his way to cause trouble at every opportunity, she's stretched as far as her nerves will allow. When there's a situation outside of school that results in Maria stepping in to restrain Danny, she makes a spur-of-the moment decision that gradually spirals out of control.

COMMON SENSE

Dark British comedy includes strong language, kids in peril.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.8
Reviews 63
Fresh 53
Rotten 10

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Studio
Good Oranges Films
Released
2026
Run Time
1 hr 40 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 2026 Paramount Pictures

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (CC), French (France)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.