Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
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Jason Bateman
Guy Trilby
Kathryn Hahn
Jenny Widgeon
Rohan Chand
Chaitanya Chopra
Philip Baker Hall
Dr. Bowman
Allison Janney
Dr. Bernice Deagan
Ben Falcone
Pete Fowler
Steve Witting
Proctor at Spelling Bee
Beth Grant
Bedazzled Judge
Gwen Parden
Brace Faced Girl
Anjul Nigam
Sriram Chopra
Director
Jason Bateman
Screenplay
Andrew Dodge
Tagline
"The end justifies the mean."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$9,500,000
Revenue
$7,800,000
Production
Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films, MXN Entertainment, Focus Features
Reno
July 8, 2015
> Good lie, bad words and ugly truth. I thought it was Cliff Curtis' movie because that's whom I saw in one of the posters. Anyway, it's Jason Bateman's movie, which is also his first directional venture. A refreshing theme because only a very few movies were made based on the spelling bee contest, but this one was a bit messed up story narration. Most of the narrative looked so pale and dull. ...
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