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earned $ 113,301 from 6 theaters; on its first weekend of wide release it grossed $ 2,560,186 from 842 theaters. After playing in theaters for 11 weeks, the film closed with a total box office gross in the United States of $ 7,779,614. In the United Arab Emirates the film earned $ 24,723, for a total
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had acquired the worldwide distribution rights for around $ 7 million. The film was originally scheduled to have a limited release in the United States on March 21, with a wide release following on March 28, 2014; however, the limited release date was later shifted by a week to March 14, 2014 with an
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Bateman did not initially intend to star in the film, but after approaching two other actors who turned down the role of Guy, he decided to play the main character himself. He felt that it would be easier to play the role himself than to direct another actor to strike the "tricky tone" required, and
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Soon before the final stage of the bee, Guy overhears Chaitanya and his father discussing his strategy to win, which is to befriend Guy so that he will allow him to win out of guilt. He storms into the room and ends his friendship with Chaitanya, despite Chaitanya's pleas that he genuinely wanted to
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on September 6, 2013, and had a limited release in the United States on March 14, 2014, expanding to a wide release on March 28. Produced for $ 10 million, it earned $ 7.8 million at the theatrical box office. It received mixed reviews from critics: some enjoyed the humor and direction, while others
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Having accomplished his goal, Guy deliberately misspells a word in an effort to let Chaitanya win. To prove his friendship, Chaitanya also misspells his word, and they soon begin to argue. This escalates into a physical fight, with Chaitanya first kicking Guy in his groin, much to the shock of the
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Despite Dr. Deagan's tampering with the word list to give Guy the most difficult words, he spells long, complicated words with relative ease, impressing and angering both parents and staff at the spelling bee, including the event's founder, Dr. William Bowman. However, the parents petition for his
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In the bee, Guy actively tries to distract and disconcert his fellow competitors. At one point he insinuates that he was sleeping with another contestant's mother and another where he tricks a contestant into thinking that she had gotten her period by placing ketchup (that he had gotten the night
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Guy writes a note to Bowman explaining his actions, which Bowman refuses to read until he reveals himself to be his son, and returns home. He resolves his conflict with Chaitanya by buying an old police car from an auction with part of his share of the winnings, and helping him to chase down his
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Although the bee is briefly halted, Bowman allows it to continue after deciding that both Guy and Chaitanya acted in an equally embarrassing manner. Their standoff of deliberately misspelling words continues until Guy intentionally misspells Chaitanya's word so that he corrects him, thus causing
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Meanwhile, only ten competitors remain in the bee, and the pool is gradually reduced to just Guy and Chaitanya. When a contestant's mother attacks Guy verbally and is subdued by the police on live television, Bowman is forced to intervene, to his embarrassment.
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While researching Guy's background, Jenny discovers that Bowman is Guy's father. She reveals this to him and he admits that his prime motivation for entering the bee was to embarrass his father in revenge for abandoning him and his mother when he was a child.
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After Bateman signed on to direct the film, he and Dodge spent a long time revising the script, particularly adjusting parts where the dark humor "went a little bit too far". In the original script, the story was intended to take place at the
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When Guy learns that Chaitanya is staying in the same hotel, he takes him out one night to expose him to the wilder side of life. They go stealing food, drinking, and he hires a prostitute to briefly "flash" Chaitanya.
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Guy Trilby discovers a loophole in the Golden Quill Spelling Bee. It stipulates that participants must have not graduated from the eighth grade, allowing him to enter since he dropped out of middle school.
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3.5 out of 4 stars, writing that the film was "a tour de force of comic wickedness" in which "Bateman shows the same skill as a filmmaker that he does as an actor". John DeFore opined in a review for
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Justin Chang commended Bateman's directorial debut and the film's "often uproarious model of sharp scripting and spirited acting", as well as the performances given by Chand, Hahn and Hall.
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Claudia Puig found the film "neither believable nor funny" and wrote that "it's tough to summon sufficiently negative language to describe the unfunny, desperate mess that is
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be friends. They later sabotage each other: Guy burns Chaitanya's study book, "Todd," and Chaitanya files a false police report, accusing Guy of kidnapping a young girl.
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On the flight to the national spelling bee, Guy meets Chaitanya Chopra, a 10-year-old entrant in the bee who persistently attempts to befriend Guy. Upon his arrival in
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critic Peter Keough gave the film 1 star out of 4, finding it unfunny, clichéd and offensive with an unlikeable "sociopath" as the main character. Richard Corliss of
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that the film was "scouringly funny" and that Bateman showed "the same knack for timing and fine shadings of attitude" as both the director and the lead actor. The
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the film has a 65% rating based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Scabrously funny and gleefully amoral,
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a grade of A−, praising Dodge's script and Bateman's direction, and describing the film as a "balancing act between sulfurously funny hatred and humanity".
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as "downright vile, a self-created pariah, and funny enough for a reasonable stretch of time" before the plot becomes "both implausible and banal".
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Chaitanya to win the bee inadvertently. As Guy leaves, content, Chaitanya offers to give him half the winnings and names him co-winner of the bee.
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sent in a taped audition in response to a casting call for 10-year-old Indian boys, and was cast as Chaitanya after talking to Bateman through
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thought that the film failed to redeem Guy's character or justify his "deification", ultimately making it boring and unsatisfying. Similarly,
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1 out of 4 stars, deeming it "a shallow remix" of offensive and clichéd characters with poor acting and "mean-spirited" humor.
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Negative reviews, on the other hand, mainly criticized the film's dark humor and the unlikeability of the main character.
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awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, calling it "near-perfect", "brilliant, uncompromising and wickedly funny".
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boasts one of Jason Bateman's best performances—and proves he's a talented director in the bargain." On
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and was shortly thereafter picked up by Bateman. In the original script, the story was set at the
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since Bateman did not expect to receive permission from Scripps to use their name in the film.
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audience and when Bowman attempts to intervene, Chaitanya accidentally hits him with a chair.
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took place over 29 days at the end of 2012 in Los Angeles, with the Sportsman's Lodge in the
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dropout who enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole. It also stars
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on September 6, 2013. Shortly after the film's premiere screening, it was announced that
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camera by cinematographer Ken Seng, who drew inspiration from the 2002 romantic comedy
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Positive reviews for the film praised its script, direction and acting. Writing for
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serving as the location of the national spelling bee final. It was filmed on an
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recorded by Jason Bateman, a featurette titled "The Minds and Mouths Behind
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had its world premiere as part of the Special Presentation section of the
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in shooting a film that was "lit darker than a comedy normally would be".
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to ensure that the character remained likeable despite his bad qualities.
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The setting was changed to the fictional Golden Quill Spelling Bee in
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10 million, financed by MXN Entertainment and Darko Entertainment.
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format on July 8, 2014. The DVD and Blu-ray releases include an
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expansion on March 21 and the planned wide release on March 28.
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found the main character unlikeable and the humor offensive.
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first received attention after its inclusion on the 2011
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before when hanging out with Chaitanya) on her chair.
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Jason Bateman
Sean McKittrick
Mason Novick
Kathryn Hahn
Rohan Chand
Ben Falcone
Philip Baker Hall
Allison Janney
Tatiana S. Riegel
Rolfe Kent
Darko Entertainment
Aggregate Films
Focus Features
TIFF
black comedy
Jason Bateman
feature film directorial debut
eighth grade
Kathryn Hahn
Rohan Chand
Ben Falcone
Philip Baker Hall
Allison Janney
Black List
Scripps National Spelling Bee
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
misanthrope
spelling bee
Los Angeles

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