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The Words (2012)
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The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Good movie but grossly overrated
A Disappointing Continuation
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
The most touching part of this beautiful movie was when Bradley Cooper's character throws 'the manuscript' into the grave of Jeremy Iron's "old man" character...
I put off watching this because of all the terrible reviews out there but I actually really enjoyed it. The Words is a layered romantic drama. A story-within-a-story-within-a-story is the best way I can describe it and its cleverly done, following Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer who finds an old manuscript in a bag and before he knows what he's doing writes the entire thing up on his computer and then passes it off as his own. 'Rory' rockets to fame, credited with writing the next great American novel but experiences a crisis of conscience after meeting the man whose work he stole, in fact life, as we flashback to the real author as a young man and discover his heartbreaking autobiography. Meanwhile a greasy Dennis Quaid has written a book about a famous author stealing another man's work. I think everyone will get something different from this, its layered, engaging and filled with good preformances. A surprise hit for me, I thought about for days afterwards.
Loved the messages, pacing, scenery, and overall emotional content. But the plot was unnecessarily cumbersome with the story-within-a-story layering. The Dennis Quaid plot added nothing; it may have actually detracted by slowing things down and removing the immersion in the fuller story. It was also painfully obvious that the producers simply looked for opportunities to include pretty women, without giving them much else to do. This movie likely failed the Bechdel test, as a result. Saldana has some powerful scenes--but she's really doing far more than she should need to with the limitations of the role.
What can I say that has not been said before me about this gem of a Film, There have been bad reviews about lack of depth, meaning and complexity. In these days of mindless violence, sex and car chases this Film is a breath of fresh air. It is beautiful as simple as that and leaves lots to the imagination that is real film making, like they done in the '30s, '40s and '50s when sex was not in your face and violence was a war Film with not much violence The ones that don't like this movie would be better of watching mindless garbage that is Mad Max Fury Rd and the like. This Film is a gem because it goes against current treads of no story line mindless sex and computer graphics being the 'star' of the show.