An adult, who has been a school dropout, finds a loophole in the regulations and participates in the largest spelling bee in the USA, The Golden Quill. His aim is to take revenge for something done to him in the past.... (Full plot summary below)
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An adult, who has been a school dropout, finds a loophole in the regulations and participates in the largest spelling bee in the USA, The Golden Quill. His aim is to take revenge for something done to him in the past.
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| Fresno BeeRick BentleyIt's time to break out the thesaurus to find enough accolade adjectives to describe this comedy, which has an adult competing in a spelling bee for elementary school students. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperBad Words is the kind of pitch-black dark comedy that makes you wince even as you give up on stifling the chuckles. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBateman deserves props for sustaining Bad Words as a little balancing act between sulfurously funny hatred and humanity. |
| Schmoes KnowKristian HarloffThose who may be put-off by foul mouths may want to tread lightly into this comedic romp, but "Bad Words" is by far one of the best times at the movies I've had in a while. |
| Associated PressJocelyn NoveckTo the film's credit, this twist doesn't announce itself too soon, and so there's tension here -- not to mention hilarity. |
| indieWireEric KohnIt's less of a showcase for Bateman's ability to direct comedic storytelling than simply to make people laugh, which makes Bad Words a sufficiently vulgar playground. |
| FilmDrunkVincent ManciniThe joke premises might not be so creative, but the execution of them is sublime. It seems to be a light comedy designed for gleefully vulgar English majors (see: wheelhouse, my). |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversBad Words, starring Jason Bateman in a tour de force of comic wickedness, takes sinful pleasure in rubbing our noses in the toxic joys of revenge. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...a withering send-up of our kid-obsessed culture, in which childhood has been reimagined as a procession of parent-directed accomplishments. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakChand holds his own opposite Bateman and steals much of the film with a deceptively ruthless cunning, hidden beneath the cutest, most innocent smile in the world. |
