
Brüno(2009)
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.


“The end justifies the mean.”
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

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
Bad Words is a comedy film released in 2013 exploring themes of competition, satire, spelling bee, unlikely friendship, anger issues. Directed by Jason Bateman, it stars Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand. Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
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