Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), een 40-jarige man, ontdekt een fout in de toelatingsregels van de Nationale Spelwedstrijd en besluit hiervan misbruik te maken. Eenmaal toegelaten in de competitie domineert hij met gemak zijn tegenstanders omdat - natuurlijk - zij alleen uit kinderen bestaan. Naarmate de competitie vordert leert hij één van zijn tegenstanders, een Indische jongen, beter kennen. Terwijl zij langzaam goede vrienden beginnen te worden ontdekt een ambitieuze verslaggeefster de werkelijke reden waarom Guy aan de competitie meedoet.
Nee, helaas is Bad Words nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Jason Bateman | Director |
| Writing | Andrew Dodge | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bonni Flowers | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Greene | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurel Kelly | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jose Zamora | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Zanki | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Chris W. Tucker | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Wade Barnett | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Steve Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ryan Collins | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Brian Dunlop | Foley Editor |
| Sound | David Esparza | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Justin Herman | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Sang Jun Kim | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott La Rue | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Travis MacKay | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Bradford Ralston | Utility Sound |
| Sound | A. Josh Reinhardt | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Gabriel J. Serrano | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gary Thomas | Utility Sound |
| Sound | Callie Thurman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Prasanna Siddharthan | Compositing Lead |
| Visual Effects | Joshua D. Comen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tim Carras | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Donna Evans | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Daniel Boccoli | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jason Bateman | Producer |
| Production | Mason Novick | Producer |
| Production | Sean McKittrick | Producer |
| Production | Jeff Culotta | Producer |
| Production | Edward H. Hamm Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | James Garavente | Executive Producer |
| Production | Darren M. Demetre | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rolfe Kent | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ken Seng | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tatiana S. Riegel | Editor |
| Production | Nicole Abellera Hallman | Casting Director |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting Director |
| Art | Shepherd Frankel | Production Design |
| Art | Calla Klessig | Art Direction |
| Art | Elizabeth Keenan | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | April Napier | Costume Design |
