“The Words” exemplifies the concept of a disappointing movie. The film engages itself in the ability to mislead an audience eager to see something worthwhile.
“The Words” is narrated by Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) who is sharing his new novel to a live audience. Throughout the movie he is revealed many times as he attempts to pick up a graduate student throughout his reading periods.
However, under the narration of Quaid, the movie generally follows the story of a struggling writer, Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper) who is faced with a difficult choice when he finds an old manuscript in a beaten-down briefcase. After publishing the piece under his name and being confronted with the original author, Jansen has to live with the guilt of plagiarism when he becomes famous. He ultimately becomes guilt-ridden to the point of giving everything away he gained by false pretenses.
“The Words” vaguely tried to compare the lives of the three authors, but fell short of doing so. By this failed attempt, the movie pushed past the line of credibility and entered into the realm of nonsensical continuity.
Understanding the film is a huge hassle not worth anybody’s time. Although there are moments within the story that present a silver lining, there is no hope for the movie to ever fully live up to any decent standards.
“The Words” creates a complex intricacy of plot threads that wrap around each other. It tries to connect each one to present a complicated story line, but fails miserably. The movie has no real ending as it leaves off with no connections between all the fibers that it has amassed.
“The Words” will forever be a letdown to those who want to watch a good movie. Any viewer who goes to see the movie is wasting their time and money. The “Inception” knock-off is a story that never should have been told.
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