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Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. He stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn) attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand), who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

2014 · 1h 25m
Director Jason Bateman

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Bad Words

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Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. He stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn) attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand), who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

COMMON SENSE

Comedy best for older teens gets laughs with offbeat humor.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.1
Reviews 130
Fresh 85
Rotten 45

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Studio
Focus Features
Released
2014
Run Time
1 hr 25 min
Rated
R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2013 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.