Bad, stylized as bAd, is a 2007 drama film directed and written by Vincenzo Giammanco about a young boy who is dyslexic.John Reed (Remy Thorne) is in the fifth grade and is failing in school as "his teacher thinks that he's just too lazy to study, and the local bully takes every opportunity to humiliate him." After the intervention of his mother, she and John work to overcome the difficulties he faces due to dyslexia.