Bad Words

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1h 29min

Jason Bateman in Bad Words (2013)

40-year-old Guy Trilby finds a loophole in the rules of the National Quill Spelling Bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year old Chaitanya, who is completely unfazed by GuyÂ’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

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A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult.A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult.A spelling bee loser sets out to exact revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win as an adult.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations

Jason Bateman in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Kathryn Hahn in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman, Patricia Belcher, and Kathryn Hahn in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Rohan Chand in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Allison Janney in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Kathryn Hahn in Bad Words (2013)

Rohan Chand in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Rohan Chand in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Rohan Chand in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman in Bad Words (2013)

Jason Bateman and Rohan Chand in Bad Words (2013)

Extract

6.1

This Is Where I Leave You

6.6

This Is Where I Leave You

The Family Fang

6.1

The Family Fang

Disconnect

7.5

The Longest Week

5.4

The Longest Week

The Switch

6.1

Horrible Bosses 2

6.3

Horrible Bosses 2

Identity Thief

5.7

The Change-Up

6.3

Here Comes the Flood

Horrible Bosses

6.8

Horrible Bosses

Office Christmas Party

5.9

Office Christmas Party

An adult, who has been a school dropout, finds a loophole in the regulations and participates in the largest spelling bee in the USA, The Golden Quill. His aim is to take revenge for something done to him in the past. —Sophia Canoni

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Taglines
- The end justifies the mean.
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
Directorial debut of Jason Bateman.

Goofs
In the extended scene where Guy pretends to have hit Chaitanya with his car, he squirts ketchup on the bumper of the car, as well as Chaitanya's face, to look like blood. When he picks Chaitanya up and puts him in the car a few minutes later, the bumper of the car is clean.

Quotes
Guy Trilby: [to a mother who swore in the presence of Chai] Why don't you take your potty mouth, go locate your pre-teen cock-sucking son and stuff him back up that old blown-out sweat sock of a vagina and scoot off back to whatever shit-kicking town you came from!

Connections
Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #8.38 (2014)

Soundtracks
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21, 1. Adagio Molto; Allegro Con Brio
Performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Courtesy of Sony Masterworks
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

Top review

10/10

If you think this movie is "racist", you aren't smart enough to watch this film

Thank you to Jason Bateman and all involved in making this film. It is sad that movies like this are such a rarity . We live in a world of idealism and of the studios putting out all of their god awful PG-13 movies or just plain god awful movies with solely profit in mind. It is such a treat to have a movie that is not politically correct, and done well. Nobody takes any risks. How can everyone stand for all of this sanitized entertainment. Bateman was great like he always is, this movie is hilarious!! To say this movie is racist is to say you have no brain, there was no hate in this movie. Jokes and stereotyping is not hate. People just love to ruin good entertainment for others. Thank you for this movie!!!! We are lucky to get 1 movie a year that is as good as this.

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Mar 23, 2014

Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $7,779,614
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $113,301
- Mar 16, 2014
Gross worldwide
- $7,804,337

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Runtime
- 1h 29min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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