Jason Bateman's spelling-bee comedy "Bad Words" is four-fifths of a good movie. It is funny, it is irreverent, it is original and -- especially considering it is Bateman's feature directing ...

“Bad Words” which hits theaters this weekend was directed by Jason Bateman, written by Andrew Dodge and stars Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Philip Baker Hall, Kathryn Hahn, and Rohan Chand.

The first news to come out of "Bad Words" is that Jason Bateman can direct. You can find evidence of that in the actors' performances and in the spare, clear way he conveys the screenplay's ideas ...

Jason Bateman’s past lies in front of him, on a piece of paper, face down. Typewritten on the flip side is a quotation of his from 1987, when he was a teen idol starring in “Teen Wolf Too ...

Jason Bateman has been a busy comic actor since he was a kid, notching lots of TV shows and, lately, a string of hit comedies. Still, even the most outrageous ones have tended to cast him as the ...

Jason Bateman has a way with ‘Bad Words’ March 21, 2014. Spelling-bee infiltrator Guy Trilby — played by Jason Bateman — does bad things in “Bad Words,” Bateman’s directorial debut.

In making Jason Bateman’s comedy Bad Words, cinematographer Ken Seng said the filmmakers wanted to “challenge the popular conceptions of how comedy should look.”. PHOTOS: The Scene at the ...

Jason Bateman celebrated his directorial debut Bad Words at the Los Angeles premiere at the ArcLight Cinemas on Wednesday night.. Bateman, who also stars as the main character, Guy Trilby, in the ...

Who doesn’t love Jason Bateman? His career spans a long list of hilarious roles, from the straight-laced Michael Bluth to an employee pushed to the edge in “Horrible Bosses.” In nearly every movie, he ...