The Words (2012)
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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Sorry, this movie sucks
Perfect cast and a good story
Don't listen to the negative reviews
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
The film has a lot of layers to it. Author Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) is reading from his novel, "The Words." The film then goes on about the novel of a struggling writer (Bradley Cooper) and his wife (Zoe Saldana). While the struggling writer is honeymooning in Paris he comes across an old novel which he passes off as his own. The novel is about an American in Paris at the end of WWII, which becomes a story within a story within the movie.As it turns out the author is still alive. As we glimpse back to the present, Clay Hammond is being seduced by a college student (Olivia Wilde) who is fascinated with his work.The movie attempts to deal with the guilt people feel for doing the wrong thing, then being unable to atone for it. Actions have consequences that sometimes cannot be made correct. Unfortunately the ending proved predictable for a fine story.Parental Guide: 8 F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Implied sex.
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...
It's funny because the film is a story about its story. the german film "Lila, Lila (2009)" has exactly the same plot. But the cinematography and actors are better than in this one. So if you are hesitating I would watch the german version.
Loved the movie. It is very deep and thoroughly engaging. Loved every minute of it. The 3 layers of the movie are beautifully presented. It is definitely a very neat story with excellent screen play. I definitely did not expect the end. The suspense has been woven in very well. I also really liked the message that the story tells, in the words on the old man, when he reflects on the reasons for his pain in life.Amazing performance by all the actors.Surprised the movie was rated bad on rotten tomatoes. Guess, critiques' judgments are not always right. The movie definitely deserves an 8 or more.