Bad Words

Plot

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

  • Jason Bateman

    Director

  • Andrew Dodge

    Screenplay

  • Ken Seng

    Director of Photography

  • Tatiana S. Riegel

    Editor

  • Jason Bateman

    Guy Trilby

  • Kathryn Hahn

    Jenny Widgeon

  • Rohan Chand

    Chaitanya Chopra

  • Philip Baker Hall

    Dr. Bowman

  • Allison Janney

    Dr. Bernice Deagan

  • Ben Falcone

    Pete Fowler

  • Steve Witting

    Proctor at Spelling Bee

  • Beth Grant

    Bedazzled Judge

  • Gwen Parden

    Brace Faced Girl

  • Anjul Nigam

    Sriram Chopra

  • Allan Miller

    Bald Glasses Judge

  • Bob Stephenson

    Bill Murhoff

  • Patricia Belcher

    Ingrid

  • Matthew Zhang

    Braden Aftergood

  • Madison Hu

    Ling Quan

  • Michael Patrick McGill

    Beet Red Father

  • Judith Hoag

    Petal Dubois

  • Rachael Harris

    Eric Tai's Mother

  • Mychael Bates

    Lobster Man

  • Greg Cromer

    Jeremy 'FBI Agent'

  • Kimleigh Smith

    Marzipan

  • Ethan Dizon

    Ricky Irvine

  • Emily Sarah Carlson

    Joyce Sacks

  • Jacquie Barnbrook

    Joyce Sacks' Mom

  • Mak Kriksciun

    Mickey Carlson

  • Sonia Nam

    Jayleen Song

  • Lucky Davis

    Leonard Feldman

  • Terry Shusta

    Cop #1

  • Connor Kalopsis

    Eric Tai

  • Amanda Anka

    National Public Television Narrator

  • Tanner Goad

    Kid #1 on Bike

  • William Maltz

    Chip

  • Gregory Sutton

    Irate Driver

  • Runtime

    89 minutes

    Released

    2013-09-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Darko Entertainment

    Aggregate Films

    MXN Entertainment

    Focus Features

    Sound

  • Rolfe Kent

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    11 days ago

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