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- 2014
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 29 m
- 2014
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee, decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter ...
Directed By: Jason Bateman
Written By: Andrew Dodge
- 2014
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 29 m
- 2014
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 29 m
Bad Words
57
6.3
Where to Watch
Summary Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee, decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter ...
Directed By: Jason Bateman
Written By: Andrew Dodge
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
57
56% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
19% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
25% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
57
56% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
19% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
25% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Bateman deserves props for sustaining Bad Words as a little balancing act between sulfurously funny hatred and humanity.
Choosing it for his debut as director, Bateman demonstrates the same knack for timing and fine shadings of attitude as he does onscreen.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 137 User Ratings
6.3
56% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
31% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
13% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 137 User Ratings
6.3
56% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
31% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
13% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
Bad Words es una comedia negra que resulta atractiva, entrañable y con varias, como dice tu título, malas palabras (literalmente).
Esta película sin dudas es una comedia bastante agradable que nos cuenta en una perspectiva polifacética la historia de la relación entre un hombre despreocupado y un niño con cartas bajo la manga, por así decirlo. Esta ópera prima de Jason Bateman es superficial, divertida y entretenida, que mantiene un tono entrañable y a la vez competitivo a lo largo de su trama, que se desarrolla de una manera idealista, amigable, irónica y astuta en su núcleo., dejando claro que este largometraje de comedia es magnífico, audaz e inteligente.
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Jason Bateman's character is a rude and mean person who's mad at the world and the humor does a great job of capturing this. It's honestly a laugh riot and the motivation of the goofy plot idea ends up turning into some emotional stuff. Bateman does a great job as the director and as the main character. His chemistry with the almost too young for this type of movie Rohan Chand is excellent and adds a little more emotion and humor to the mix. Perhaps the conclusion of the spelling bee is a little obvious and predictable, but the rest of the movie feels fresh and most importantly hilarious. For that I give it a 9.8/10.
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Where this falls on your personal line between funny and abusive may vary. Either way, what makes the comedy work is that Bateman doesn't relent. Guy is, simply, a loathsome person.
Although his character might be a one-trick pony, Bateman’s directing proves he’s got skills to spare.
In a movie that strives to offend with every spat profanity and cruel insult, the most shocking thing about Bad Words is that it expects us to care about its main character at all.
The meager comeuppance and hasty notes of sweetness that end the film feel pre-approved rather than organically realized.
Bad Words wants so desperately to be funny that there isn't much time left to make any logic out of the story.
A lot of the jokes probably have not aged very well but it is still an hilarious and oddly heartwarming film.
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Bad Words is truly one of the unfunniest films I've seen since Ride Along, and the sad part is that it had so much potential but it just ends up coming off as a film that's trying too hard to get a laugh out of you. Bateman is a funny guy and definitely has some talent as far as directing goes, but when it comes to writing both he and his team need to be more picky about the scripts that they choose; because this was a huge miss!
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Production Company
Aggregate Films,
Darko Entertainment,
Digital Image Associates,
Lasky Productions
Release Date Mar 14, 2014
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Tagline The end justifies the mean.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
