The Words (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	September 7, 2012
On DVD:	December 24, 2012
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Writer:	Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Cast:	Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, Nora Arnezeder, J.K. Simmons
Studio:	CBS Films
Running Time:	102 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and smoking

Starring Bradley Cooper, Oscar®-winner Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Zoë Saldana, the layered romantic thriller 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 ...

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The Words is a movie of many stories, of a story within a story within a story, of layers, each different from the next with varying degrees of quality, at times hypnotic, other times drawn out, well acted by some, horribly by others. It also has an ending so bad it's worth calling out in the opening paragraph of this movie review.

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