Bad Words
Focus Features | Release Date: March 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
7
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 14, 2014
A little bit of nuance, which might seem out of place in such raunchy environs, actually goes a long way. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 13, 2014
It's tough to summon sufficiently negative language to describe the unfunny, desperate mess that is Bad Words. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris CabinMar 8, 2014
The meager comeuppance and hasty notes of sweetness that end the film feel pre-approved rather than organically realized. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 13, 2014
For precursors of Guy's perversity, one would have to go back to W.C. Fields, who made antic art out of his characters' abhorrence of children. Read full review
30
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekMar 11, 2014
Bateman, as both director and star, digs his heels in too hard to make the movie's points, using lots of ho-hum close-ups and wriggly camera work along the way. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Robert Everett GreenMar 27, 2014
The laughs in this film are all mean-spirited or just frat-boy gross. Read full review
25
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMar 20, 2014
Misogynistic, homophobic, scatological — none of these words come up in any of the spelling bees that take place in Jason Bateman’s directorial debut, but they apply to the film. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithMar 13, 2014
A young Jack Nicholson might have pulled this off, but Jason Bateman is not Jack Nicholson. Pity the actor who thinks he’s edgier than he actually is. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthSep 14, 2013
Bad Words wants so desperately to be funny that there isn't much time left to make any logic out of the story. Read full review
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