Director: Shane D. Stanger
A reluctant swipe on a dating app sets off the events of Good Bad Things, a 2024 comedy-drama-romance from director Shane D. Stanger.
What is Good Bad Things about?
Danny Kurtzman plays a young entrepreneur navigating both a business and a body that the world keeps underestimating. When friends push him toward online dating, he agrees mostly to prove a point — and ends up somewhere far more unguarded than he expected. The film follows a string of dates, awkward first messages, and the slow, uneven work of letting someone see the parts of a life usually kept offscreen. Jessica Parker Kennedy and Brett Dier round out a cast that leans into everyday comic timing rather than melodrama, while the story keeps its focus on ordinary stakes: a coffee that goes badly, a text left on read, a conversation that finally goes right. Rather than building toward a single grand reveal, Good Bad Things accumulates small, specific moments of connection and disappointment until they add up to something that feels lived-in.
Cast & crew
Danny Kurtzman leads with a performance drawn from personal experience, playing opposite Jessica Parker Kennedy, Brett Dier, Samantha Robinson, and Steve Way in supporting turns that keep the tone grounded rather than sentimental.
Context & significance
Released in 2024, Good Bad Things arrived as part of a wider wave of American independent comedies centering disabled leads and creators, filmed largely in the United States with a script informed by lived experience rather than outside observation.
Where & how to watch
Good Bad Things is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login. The site's Farsi-language interface and Persian dub and subtitle options make it easy to follow for Persian-speaking viewers across the diaspora.