Jack and I laughed long and hard at this story of a mean-spirited 40-something man who competes in kids' spelling bees via a loophole. Star Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with a script by newcomer Andrew Dodge. Bateman (last blogged in Disconnect) plays against type as the guy, named Guy, with no filter who eventually bonds with his sheltered prepubescent competitor Chaitanya (cute boy Rohan Chand). Kathryn Hahn (most recently in We're the Millers) and Allison Janney (a voice in Mr. Peabody & Sherman) add support as the reporter trailing Guy and the spelling bee ice queen, respectively.
I have to add that two and a half weeks ago this is the first movie we saw after a few weeks of forced cinema absence, and we were not disappointed. Although there are kids in it, leave the pre-teens at home. That said, even though it's rated R, 13-year-old boys will probably love most of it as much as we did if they can manage to see it.
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