Rotten
A mostly middling drama.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The Words
There's more than one way to take a life.
2012 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Brian Klugman
,
Lee Sternthal
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The Words
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Brian Klugman Director
- Lee Sternthal Director
- Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen
- Zoe Saldaña as Dora Jansen
- Jeremy Irons as The Old Man
- Dennis Quaid as Clay Hammond
- Olivia Wilde as Danielle
- J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jansen
- John Hannah as Richard Ford
- Zeljko Ivanek as Joseph Cutler
- Ben Barnes as Young Man
- Michael McKean as Nelson Wylie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
24%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
The premise is ambitious -- if not a little hokey -- but the meager themes of ephemeral authorship and constructed realities aren't exactly revelatory.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Bradley Cooper's funniest movie since "The Hangover" - unfortunately, unintentionally this time ...
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
This film's layered storytelling lacks the fluidity, grace, or good humour, to pull off its conceit.
Adam Litovitz, Globe and Mail
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