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A Thousand Words

2012

Brian Robbins

Eddie Murphy, Ariel Winter, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington ...

4.5

2,928

Comedy. Drama. Fantasy After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent Jack McCall finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word we speak.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The problem with Eddie Murphy? It is not a problem of talent, or fearlessness. He has plenty of both. But in 'A Thousand Words,' (...) he's a first-rate talent stuck in yet another third-rate piece"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"The concept is unoriginal, the scenarios aren't funny, and its message is banal. Plus, Murphy alternately hams it up and phones it in (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Even Murphy's largely wordless, physically adroit performance can't redeem this tortured exercise in high-concept spiritualist hokum"	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The formulaic script by Steve Koren doesn't manage to exploit the absurd premise with any discernible wit or invention, and the star is left floundering"	NEG
United States	Andy Webster The New York Times	"The director, Brian Robbins (...) has so carefully engineered this manipulative machine that little emotional residue remains - only a product inoffensive, unsurprising and uninspiring"	NEG

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