The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes66%
Metacritic57/100
919 audience votes
Key crew
- Jason BatemanDirector
- Andrew DodgeScreenplay
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jason BatemanGuy Trilby
- Kathryn HahnJenny Widgeon
- Rohan ChandChaitanya Chopra
- Philip Baker HallDr. Bowman
- Allison JanneyDr. Bernice Deagan
- Ben FalconePete Fowler
- Steve WittingProctor at Spelling Bee
- Beth GrantBedazzled Judge
- Gwen PardenBrace Faced Girl
- Anjul NigamSriram Chopra
- Allan MillerBald Glasses Judge
- Bob StephensonBill Murhoff
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Themes
competitionsatirespelling beeunlikely friendshipanger issues
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