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Is a brat to book film? (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

acts up

'is a brat' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'book film?' is the wordplay.
'book' becomes 'acts' (book of the Bible).
'film?' becomes 'Up' (Pixar film).
'acts'+'up'='ACTS UP'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for acts up that I've seen before include "Causes trouble or misbehaves" , "Malfunctions" , "Fails to function properly or behaves badly" , "Behaves badly (colloq.)" , "Carries on" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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