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

The Words (Extended Cut)

UR
1h 43m
2012

24%

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.

Director:

Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

Producer:

Jim Young, Tatiana Kelly, Michael Benaroya

Writer:

Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

Cast:

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

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

24%

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

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

The film is about characters you are unlikely to care about living out a multi-layered story you're unlikely to care about.

September 27, 2020

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Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

This is by no means a woeful effort, but it is a wasted opportunity.

I love The Words. I love the look. I love the feel. I love the intrigue of the narrative construction and plot. I love that, much like a novel itself, it allows you to imagine, interpret and draw your own conclusions.

While The Words is certainly an ambitious endeavor, it fails on every front, perhaps a victim to the adage of quality vs. quantity.

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 say.

June 8, 2019

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.