Directed by:
Jason BatemanScreenplay:
Andrew DodgeCinematography:
Ken SengComposer:
Rolfe KentCast:
Jason Bateman, Ben Falcone, Allison Janney, Rachael Harris, Judith Hoag, Beth Grant, Philip Baker Hall, Patricia Belcher, Steve Witting, Anjul Nigam (more)VOD (1)
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Jason Bateman directs and stars in this comedy as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old school dropout who, after finding a loophole, enters The Golden Quill children's spelling bee and befriends Chaitanya (Rohan Chand), one of his fellow competitors. Due to never having graduated beyond the eighth grade, Guy is able to enter himself into the competition - much to the chagrin of contest officials and the parents of competing children. Meanwhile, Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn), a local news reporter, attempts to find out Guy's real motivations for entering. (Universal Pictures AU)
(more)Cast
![Jason Bateman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/305/166305003_c2ceb4.jpg)
Jason Bateman
USA
Best movies:
Zootopia (2016)
Disconnect (2012)
Juno (2007)
![Ben Falcone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/014/419/14419899_24a9f8.jpg)
Ben Falcone
USA
Best movies:
Spy (2015)
Enough Said (2013)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
![Allison Janney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/316/164316270_ac0840.jpg)
Allison Janney
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
The Help (2011)
Finding Nemo (2003)
![Rachael Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279912_9d56f8.jpg)
Rachael Harris
USA
Best movies:
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
The Hangover (2009)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
![Judith Hoag](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/552/160552742_2d81cc.jpg)
Judith Hoag
USA
Best movies:
Armageddon (1998)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Forever My Girl (2018)
![Beth Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434678_37775d.jpg)
Beth Grant
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Donnie Darko (2001)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
![Philip Baker Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269375_410985.jpg)
Philip Baker Hall
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
The Rock (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
![Patricia Belcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268911_c409fd.jpg)
Patricia Belcher
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Flatliners (1990)
![Steve Witting](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/368/368084_3d6858.jpg)
Steve Witting
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Anjul Nigam
India
Best movies:
Cloverfield (2008)
Bad Words (2013)
Back When We Were Grownups (2004) (TV movie)
![Kathryn Hahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/118/165118494_995d59.png)
Kathryn Hahn
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
![Rohan Chand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113106_181c18.jpg)
Rohan Chand
USA
Best movies:
Lone Survivor (2013)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
![Isabella Taylor Poschl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/484/158484557_6ed9b6.jpg)
Isabella Taylor Poschl
Best movies:
Bad Words (2013)
![Alexia Pearl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/633/158633688_da2e41.jpg)
Alexia Pearl
Best movies:
God's Not Dead (2014)
Bad Words (2013)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
![Connor Kalopsis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099036_283f34.jpg)
Connor Kalopsis
Best movies:
Bad Words (2013)
Allan Miller
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Pearl (1978) (series)
Jessica Anne Tan
Best movies:
Bad Words (2013)
The Curse of Downers Grove (2014)
Amanda Anka
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Frankenstein: The College Years (1991) (TV movie)
Somewhere (2010)
Greg Cromer
USA
![Madison Hu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/717/168717072_jwmw3t.jpg)
Madison Hu
USA
Best movies:
The Boogeyman (2023)
Bad Words (2013)
Voyagers (2021)