Bad Words

  • Theatrical - Limited 2014-03-21
Box Office Gross: $7,800,000
Running Time: 89 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films, MXN Entertainment, Focus Features
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8/10

Synopsis

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

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This review of BAD WORDS originally ran as part of our TIFF 2013 coverage. PLOT: Guy (Jason Bateman) is a forty-year old high school dropout, who uses a loophole to enter the National Spelling Bee, where he’s pitted against ten-year-olds....

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The first piece of direction I hear Jason Bateman say on the Golden Quill stage set of BAD WORDS was, I imagine, not meant to be heard by the rest of us. He leaned into an actor playing one of the...
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