The Words
I’m OK with a film telling a story within a story. The Princess Bride totally rocked that format. But when you go to a story within a story within a story … well, you start to lose me. In The Words, Dennis Quaid plays an author reading from his own book, and Bradley Cooper plays the subject of that book in a separate storyline that includes a character played by Jeremy Irons. Then, the Jeremy Irons character tells a story, and the film goes into yet another time period and storyline. It’s a few levels too many, with the Quaid character proving to be completely unnecessary. Irons does good work here, while Cooper tries a little too hard. Your eyes will glaze over around the midway point.
By Bob Grimm
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The Words is not showing in any theaters in the area.
Credits
Directors:
- Brian Klugman
- Lee Sternthal
Cast:
- Bradley Cooper
- Jeremy Irons
- Dennis Quaid
- Olivia Wilde
- Zoë Saldana
- Nora Arnezeder
- J.K. Simmons
- Michael McKean
- Ron Rifkin
Producers:
- Michael Benaroya
- Tatiana Kelly
- Jim Young
- Laura Rister
- Cassian Elwes
- Lisa Wilson
- Bradley Cooper
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