Bad Words

Sep 6, 2013

1h 29m

★ 6.4

The end justifies the mean.

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Darko Entertainment

Aggregate Films

MXN Entertainment

Focus Features

Bad Words Trailers

Cast

Guy Trilby

Jason Bateman

Jenny Widgeon

Kathryn Hahn

Chaitanya Chopra

Rohan Chand

Dr. Bowman

Philip Baker Hall

Dr. Bernice Deagan

Allison Janney

Pete Fowler

Ben Falcone

Proctor at Spelling Bee

Steve Witting

Bedazzled Judge

Beth Grant

Brace Faced Girl

Gwen Parden

Sriram Chopra

Anjul Nigam

Bald Glasses Judge

Allan Miller

Bill Murhoff

Bob Stephenson

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.

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