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2012·PG-13

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

DramaThriller1h 42m

🍅24%

🍅

24%

Tomatometer

🍿

49%

Popcornmeter

6.7

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorsBrian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

ReleasedSep 7, 2012

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$6M

Revenue

$13.2M

Parental guidePG-13US

Studios

Also Known As Pictures

Animus Films

Benaroya PicturesSerena FilmsWaterfall MediaRose Pictures

Cast

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Rory Jansen

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña

Dora Jansen

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

The Old Man

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Clay Hammond

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde

Danielle

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Mr. Jansen

John Hannah

John Hannah

Richard Ford

Željko Ivanek

Željko Ivanek

Joseph Cutler

Ben Barnes

Ben Barnes

Young Man

Michael McKean

Michael McKean

Nelson Wylie

Nora Arnezeder

Nora Arnezeder

Celia

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

Timothy Epstein

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Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

0 fresh · 8 rotten

Critics consensus

“Neither 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.”

24% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

C

Christopher Orr

RTThe AtlanticSep 7, 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.

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Drew Hunt

RTChicago ReaderSep 7, 2012

The premise is ambitious -- if not a little hokey -- but the meager themes of ephemeral authorship and constructed realities aren't exactly revelatory.

N

Nell Minow

RTBeliefnetSep 7, 2012

There are some random parallels between the stories and some sophomoric exchanges about truth and art, and then it does not end - it just stops.

C

Cory Woodroof

RTLumination NetworkFeb 11, 2022

Bradley Cooper has really got to stop doing bad things for the sake of writing.

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Information

Title

The Words

Released

Sep 7, 2012

Rated

PG-13

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 42m

Status

Released

Studios

Also Known As Pictures, Animus Films

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