Bad Words
“The end justifies the mean.”
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
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Cast
33 people
Jason Bateman
Guy Trilby
Known for
Zootopia
Horrible Bosses
Kathryn Hahn
Jenny Widgeon
Known for
WandaVision
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Rohan Chand
Chaitanya Chopra
Known for
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Jack and Jill
Philip Baker Hall
Dr. Bowman
Known for
Bruce Almighty
Magnolia
Allison Janney
Dr. Bernice Deagan
Known for
Finding Nemo
I, Tonya
Ben Falcone
Pete Fowler
Known for
Joey
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Steve Witting
Proctor at Spelling Bee
Known for
The Outsider
Tulsa King
Beth Grant
Bedazzled Judge
Known for
Donnie Darko
No Country for Old Men
Gwen Parden
Brace Faced Girl
No other roles listed
Anjul Nigam
Sriram Chopra
Known for
Cloverfield
Supercell
Allan Miller
Bald Glasses Judge
Known for
Galactica 1980
Warlock
Bob Stephenson
Bill Murhoff
Known for
Scavengers Reign
Zodiac
Jason Bateman Director · Andrew Dodge Screenplay Rolfe Kent Composer
Worldwide gross $7.8M · Budget $9.5M · United States release March 14, 2014
Box office
Budget
$9,500,000
Worldwide gross
$7,800,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Darko Entertainment
Production
Aggregate Films
Production
MXN Entertainment
Production
Focus Features
Production · Studio
Aggregate Film
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 6, 2013
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · March 14, 2014
Limited theatrical
United States
March 7, 2014 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
March 28, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 14, 2014 · Theatrical
Canada
March 28, 2014 · Theatrical
Germany
October 9, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 1, 2013 · Digital
Israel
May 30, 2015 · TV
Japan
December 19, 2014 · Digital
Netherlands
October 8, 2014 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 2014 · Theatrical
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