Top billed cast

1. 

   Jason Bateman

   Guy Trilby

2. 

   Kathryn Hahn

   Jenny Widgeon

3. 

   Rohan Chand

   Chaitanya Chopra

4. 

   Philip Baker Hall

   Dr. Bowman

5. 

   Allison Janney

   Dr. Bernice Deagan

6. 

   Ben Falcone

   Pete Fowler

7. 

   Steve Witting

   Proctor at Spelling Bee

8. 

   Beth Grant

   Bedazzled Judge

9. 

   Gwen Parden

   Brace Faced Girl

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written by Reno on 2015-07-08

> 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. It is supposed to be an exciting storytelling with blistering pace.

You know, stories in the movies happen with a backdrop of the reasons. Like a piece of uninteresting wood carved into a something...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,500,000.00

Revenue
$7,800,000.00

Keywords

• competition
• satire
• spelling bee
• unlikely friendship
• anger issues