Review of Bad Words (2013) by Thomas W — 16 Apr 2014

Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses) is making his feature directorial debut with Bad Words, a film in which he also stars; but the actor-director has been making calls on the other side of the camera since the early 1990s! Bateman somehow managed to grow-up as a child actor in Hollywood with a "squeaky clean" image that he has been able to capitalize upon and skewer into adulthood with the roles he has chosen to take.

None more-so than his role here as Guy Trilby, a very bitter 40-year-old man who still wakes himself up at night terrified of the one word he misspelled at The Golden Quill national spelling bee all those years ago! Trilby's obsession with the bee has led him to discover a loophole he plans to exploit for his very own gain -- and that trophy will soon be his as no parent, bratty tween or Golden Quill administrator will keep him from his destiny! Crass, crude and beyond rude, nothing will long stand in Guy's way .

.. including the awkwardly cute, nearly friendless and parentally-neglected Chaitanya (Rohan Chand - Lone Survivor). Does Guy remain unfazed, steadfast and true ... or does he melt like the rest of us?