An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
A romantic comedy about a match neither written nor pictured in heaven.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
3 Jul 2014
rotten:
The actors are decidedly mismatched -- not to each other, but to the material.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
6 Jun 2014
rotten:
Words and Pictures stars Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche - a matchup that makes you want to like Fred Schepisi's film, even when it becomes impossible to do so.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 Jun 2014
rotten:
One of those films that you want to like rather more than you actually do.