SCRANTON — The trouble with “The Trouble With Cali” movie produced and filmed in Lackawanna County years ago is that it’s really bad, county officials said Wednesday.

But it’s so bad that it’s actually good — in a cult classic sense — and they hope that an upcoming documentary about it might go viral and produce some cash for the county.

To that end, the Lackawanna County Commissioners on Wednesday approved an agreement to license clips from the movie to documentary filmmaker John Mikulak and his company Monkya Films LLC for use in a documentary by him titled, “Untitled Documentary about ‘The Trouble with Cali’ Movie.”

“The Trouble with Cali” was directed and filmed in the late 2000s by legendary actor Paul Sorvino and funded in part by $500,000 in public money from the county. The movie also stars Sorvino’s daughter, Mira Sorvino, who is an Oscar winner.

County General Counsel Donald Frederickson said that after some litigation and wrangling, the county a decade ago received some copies of the film.

A few months ago, Mikulak requested permission from the county to use 5-10 minutes of clips from the movie in a documentary about its making.

“The hope is that this may generate some interest in the movie,” and that the Mikulak flick might end up on streaming services and go viral, and the county might receive some money from that, Frederickson said.

Commissioner Bill Gaughan said he watched “The Trouble with Cali” for the first time a few months ago when Mikulak came forward with his request.

“I’m not a film buff, but this is the worst film, the worst movie — it has to be the worst in the history of movies, in the world — but it’s so bad, that it’s funny,” Gaughan said.

Mikulak, who was not present at the commissioner meeting, apparently hopes his documentary goes viral, Gaughan said.

Commissioner Chris Chermak said, “And they can piggyback off the TV show ‘The Office.’ That’s a cult classic as well and it brings people here. So, who knows?”

Commissioner Chairwoman Brenda Sacco added, “Hopefully it will generate some revenue for us.”

Frederickson said: “The more you watch it, the funnier it gets.”