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I didn't like anything about the movie before discovering what Guy is up to. I actively hated it after I figured out what was actually going on.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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Bad Words
Overview
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
Director and cast
- Jason Bateman Director
- Jason Bateman as Guy Trilby
- Kathryn Hahn as Jenny Widgeon
- Rohan Chand as Chaitanya Chopra
- Philip Baker Hall as Dr. Bowman
- Allison Janney as Dr. Bernice Deagan
- Ben Falcone as Pete Fowler
- Steve Witting as Proctor at Spelling Bee
- Beth Grant as Bedazzled Judge
- Gwen Parden as Brace Faced Girl
- Anjul Nigam as Sriram Chopra
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The laughs in this film are all mean-spirited or just frat-boy gross.
Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Almost unrelenting in its takedown both of an American institution and the country's obsession with victories big and small, Bad Words is more misanthropic fantasy than satiric fiction.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
Trashy, ribald laughs in the Bad Santa vein, this marks Bateman's directorial debut; it's not much to look at, but at least he has the nerve to push the insolence, profanity, and brutal insult humor to its absolute limits.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
In his directorial debut, Bateman casts himself as a foul-mouthed, racist jerk. It's a stretch for the nice-guy actor, but the role doesn't suit him.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
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