Bad Hair Day

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Érik Canuel directs. Mario Janelle behind the camera. Michel Corriveau scores. Jean-François Bergeron cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3Directed by Érik Canuel, shot by Mario Janelle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Michel Corriveau. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Jean-François Bergeron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Laura Marano and Leigh-Allyn Baker and Christian Campbell carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "The road to prom can be a big hairy mess.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt3856042 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Mario Janelle

Original score

Michel Corriveau

Editing

Jean-François Bergeron

Makeup / hair

Jean-Jacques Dion

Runtime

90 min · 1h 30m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

G

IMDB

Bad Hair Day (2015) ↗

Also by

Érik Canuel

• 
  Lost Girl

  2010 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Rookie Blue

  2010 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Transplant

  2020 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Flashpoint

  2008 · ★ 7.3
• 
  The Dead Zone

  2002 · ★ 7.3
• 
  Big Wolf on Campus

  1999 · ★ 7.3

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Trailers & featurettes

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2017-06-05
  ★ 6/10

  When it's a long day filled with a series problems, but a short day to fix them all. The 96th Disney Channel Original Movie. I am watching it quite late, because I'm not a regular follower of the Disney Channel films, but have seen many of them and I had enjoyed. Surely the target audience for this is the kids and mostly the girls. But I liked it as well. The story wise, it is simple like just one day event. A high school girl preparing for the prom night, wakes up in the morning, finds her hair got messed up. Now she has to fix it and the problem is the appointment in the saloon and how to reach there since she has no vehicle or the license. There's another side of the story. A pretended cop joins her in the quest in return a favour. So it's not just girl stuff, there are some actions. Running, chasing, theft, boyfriend trouble, the films have all the ingredient to enjoy the whole 90 minutes. Good casting and the performances, but I find some comedies are so silly. For a television and aiming for minors, everything looks fair. Just because we're being adult, we expect realism. If you throw away your that mindset while watching it, you would surely have a nice time. My rating might look only a just above average, but that's not how I felt. This is a nice film, like most of the DCOM. So go for it. 6/10

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Muse Entertainment

  CA

Key crew

• Executive ProducerLeigh-Allyn Baker
• Executive ProducerJoel S. Rice
• TeleplayMatt Eddy
• TeleplayBilly Eddy
• TeleplaySteven H. Wilson
• TeleplayEric M. Gardner
• Executive ProducerDenise Carlson
• Executive ProducerMichael Prupas
• ProducerFrançois Sylvestre
• Associate ProducerEvan Tussman
• Executive ProducerDawn Wolfrom
• EditorJean-François Bergeron
• Hair Department HeadJean-Jacques Dion
• Makeup Department HeadJoan Patricia Parris

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• detective
• prom
• school
• high school student
• crime gone awry
• teenage life
• nothing goes right

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2015-02-13G

Also known as

International titles

• Em Busca do BaileBR
• Η Καλή Ημέρα Από το Μαλλί ΦαίνεταιGR
• 배드 헤어 데이KR
• Pelos Cabelos!PT
• Un día DescabelladoMX
• Královna plesuCZ