The Words (Extended Cut)

Name: The Words (Extended Cut)
Released: 2012-9-7
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid

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1h 43m
2012

25%

age 13+

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“There’s more than one way to take a man’s life...” and THE WORDS couldn’t be truer. For Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), he’s achieved his every goal: a loving wife, critical success and a best-selling novel. The only problem is: he didn’t write it. Now, as his conscience starts to haunt him and his past wrongs are revealed, it’s difficult to tell fact from fiction. Zoë Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes and Dennis Quaid star in this romantic drama that keeps you guessing until the very end.

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Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

25%

Critics Consensus: Neither as clever nor as interesting as it appears to think it is, The Words maroons its talented stars in an overly complex, dramatically inert literary thriller that's ultimately a poor substitute for a good book.

Reviews

Behind The Lens

Debbie Lynn Elias

I love The Words. I love the look. I love the feel. I love the intrigue of the narrative construct...

While The Words is certainly an ambitious endeavor, it fails on every front, perhaps a victim to t...

July 9, 2019

FULL REVIEW

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Matthew Lucas

A dreadfully uneven and unfocused mess of a film with a lot on its mind but absolutely nothing to...

The Words aspires to cover much more thematic and emotional ground than most films attempt to do....

This isn't the thriller that some marketing materials have made it out to be. But it does contain...

December 21, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

Teen-friendly romance is thoughtful but falls short.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Words, some of which takes place in an earlier time period, leans heavily on the idea of consequence, a subject that can be weighty but is also of value for young teens learning to consider the impact of their decisions and behavior. Expect a bit of swearing (one "f--k," a few "s--t"s, etc.) and kissing/making out. There's also some drinking, mostly in social settings (though occasionally to excess), and smoking (accurate for the earlier era that some of the movie takes place in). An infant's death is devastating to his parents.