The Words

There's more than one way to take a life.


The Words
This story has three interwoven storylines, set both in the present and the past. The main thread is about a struggling young writer who finds an abandoned manuscript. His wife thinks it is his work and persuades him to have it published. The book is wildy successful and fame and fortune follow ... until the original author of the manuscript appears ...

105 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

You make me so happy....
You make me so happy....

Credits

Cast
Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes
Director
Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
ScreenplayBrian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
MusicMarcelo Zarvos
CinematographyAntonio Calvache
EditingLeslie Jones
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2012
Produced byAlso Known As Pictures, Benaroya Pictures, Animus Films, Serena Films, Waterfall Media

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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
4
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
0
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
1
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith
10
Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi
10
Box Office
Ray Greene quote iconThe Words is a movie for people who buy their novels at Starbucks, made by people who write their novels at Starbucks.
5
Metacritic.com
30 critics
7
Rottentomatoes critics
111 critics
10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconNeither 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.
4
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
10
Movie Review Intelligence
42 critics
8

What the People say

Internet
1663 Netizens quote iconSurprisingly Amazing Emotional Story
14

Average .. 43%

9

Trailer






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