The Words
Bradley Cooper, Rory Jansen, stars as a writer struggling with his inability to write along the lines of great writers like Hemingway. On his honeymoon in Paris, with his new wife Dora, Zoe Saldana, they purchase an old briefcase and he finds a story hidden deep within its pocket. The complications start for Rory when he succumbs to his need of publication.
The movie opens with Dennis Quaid narrating his own book about a young writer - Rory Jansen, his new wife Dora and his struggles to write a book, he looks really old by the way - Dennis that is, and slowly tells the story about how Rory Jansen, the writer, became a world famous author.
This movie is a definite eye opener in that it makes you think about life and your own life - especially about the things that you wanted to do and haven't so far as well as the decisions you made along the way of life's journey.
The moral of the story is about living with your decisions and moving on when a bad one is made.
Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal managed to write a screenplay whereby an author has written about his own life experiences through the eyes of a third person.
My friend and I found it a little bit confusing and the ending is left somewhat open - allowing for a wide variety of interpretation. Leaving the ending so open allows people to discuss its possibilities.
The movie over all was easy to watch, allowed individual thought as well as opened up topics of conversation after movie. An uncomplicated, dramatic film with a great cast of stars.
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