Bad Words (2014) (original) (raw)

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. (less)

Director: Jason Bateman
Writer: Andrew Dodge
Starring: Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Philip Baker Hall, Allison Janney, Ben Falcone
Producer: Jason Bateman

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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 20, 2014

4 / 10

First time directors usually select material that�s comfortable, providing a familiarity that eases the pressure of such a herculean professional task. For Jason Bateman�s feature-length helming debut, he�s selected �Bad Words,� a cynical, sarcastic, profane picture that�s cut from the same cloth as �Bad Santa� and �Bad Teacher,� celebrating the juvenile antics of an unstable human being, providing a wide berth for improvisation. It�s Bateman�s wheelhouse, though it�s surprising to find �Bad Words� rather pedestrian as it peruses its corroded imagination, relying on cheap jokes and predictable ...read more...

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