The Words
The movie follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. But it's not his work, and he soon discovers the steep price he must pay for the stealing.
9 January 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 April 1962, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK
15 August 1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia
20 August 1981, London, England, UK
10 March 1984, New York City, New York, USA
8 May 1989, Paris, France
3 November 2001
17 October 1947, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1966, New Brunswick, Canada
30 August 1978, Montréal, Québec, Canada
9 April 1954, Houston, Texas, USA
19 September 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
July 17, 2013
This tedious and needlessly convoluted drama ... just meanders aimlessly.
September 07, 2012
The story-within-a-story-within-a-story is so slight and inconsequential, like the tiniest of a set of Russian nesting dolls, that we may be forgiven for letting our minds wander toward bedtime and tomorrow's errands.
September 07, 2012
Romanticized claptrap.
June 23, 2013
A movie about a bad author who steals the book of a good author, and I'm pretty certain that The Words, if pressed, wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
April 17, 2016
"The Words" is an elegant piece of entertainment, replete with an understated but sweeping score, unexpected period piece vignettes, and melodramatic but universal themes.
September 07, 2012
A mostly middling drama.
September 07, 2012
The premise is ambitious -- if not a little hokey -- but the meager themes of ephemeral authorship and constructed realities aren't exactly revelatory.
January 03, 2016
The Words is a solid drama that's anchored by one of Cooper's very best performances...
May 02, 2013
Its long, dry patches of colourless storytelling suggest it makes more sense as a book, one to read before you fall asleep to dream of better movies.
September 07, 2012
This film's layered storytelling lacks the fluidity, grace, or good humour, to pull off its conceit.
May 26, 2013
It's nothing you haven't seen before in films about struggling artists spending more time obsessing than working.
September 07, 2012
Bradley Cooper's funniest movie since "The Hangover" - unfortunately, unintentionally this time ...
