5.9
“The end justifies the mean.”
Bad Words (2013)
September 6, 20131h 29mEN
6.4
899 votes
Overview
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
Director
Jason BatemanWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9.5M
Revenue
$7.8M
Production Companies
Darko EntertainmentAggregate FilmsMXN EntertainmentFocus Features
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User Reviews
Reno
6.0> 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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