Bad Words poster

Bad Words( 2013)

TV-MAComedy
64%
User
Score

The end justifies the mean.

Overview

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jason Bateman

      Guy Trilby

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      Kathryn Hahn

      Jenny Widgeon

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      Rohan Chand

      Chaitanya Chopra

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      Philip Baker Hall

      Dr. Bowman

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      Allison Janney

      Dr. Bernice Deagan

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      Ben Falcone

      Pete Fowler

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      Steve Witting

      Proctor at Spelling Bee

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      Beth Grant

      Bedazzled Judge

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      Gwen Parden

      Brace Faced Girl

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      Anjul Nigam

      Sriram Chopra

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      Allan Miller

      Bald Glasses Judge

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      Bob Stephenson

      Bill Murhoff

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      Patricia Belcher

      Ingrid

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      Matthew Zhang

      Braden Aftergood

    15. cast image

      Madison Hu

      Ling Quan

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      Michael Patrick McGill

      Beet Red Father

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      Judith Hoag

      Petal Dubois

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      Rachael Harris

      Eric Tai's Mother

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      Mychael Bates

      Lobster Man

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      Greg Cromer

      Jeremy 'FBI Agent'

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      Kimleigh Smith

      Marzipan

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      Ethan Dizon

      Ricky Irvine

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      Emily Sarah Carlson

      Joyce Sacks

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      Jacquie Barnbrook

      Joyce Sacks' Mom

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      Mak Kriksciun

      Mickey Carlson

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      Sonia Nam

      Jayleen Song

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      Lucky Davis

      Leonard Feldman

    28. cast image

      Terry Shusta

      Cop #1

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      Connor Kalopsis

      Eric Tai

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      Amanda Anka

      National Public Television Narrator

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      Tanner Goad

      Kid #1 on Bike

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      William Maltz

      Chip

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      Gregory Sutton

      Irate Driver

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Reno

    6
    Written by Reno on Wed Jul 08 2015
    > Good lie, bad words and ugly truth. I thought it was Cliff Curtis' movie because that's whom I saw in one of the posters. Anyway, it's Jason Bateman's movie, which is also his first directional venture. A refreshing theme because only a very few movies were made based on the spelling bee contest, but this one was a bit messed up story narration. Most of the narrative looked so pale and dull. It is supposed to be an exciting storytelling with blistering pace. You know, stories in the movies happen with a backdrop of the reasons. Like a piece of uninteresting wood carved into a something ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    9500000.00

    Revenue

    7800000.00

    Keywords

    • competition
    • satire
    • spelling bee
    • unlikely friendship
    • anger issues