The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal
plagiarized book
aspiring writer
Rank
#141 in 2012·#6507 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
Bradley Cooper
Rory Jansen
Zoe Saldaña
Dora Jansen
Jeremy Irons
The Old Man
Dennis Quaid
Clay Hammond
Olivia Wilde
Danielle
J.K. Simmons
Mr. Jansen
John Hannah
Richard Ford
Željko Ivanek
Joseph Cutler
Ben Barnes
Young Man
Michael McKean
Nelson Wylie
Nora Arnezeder
Celia
Ron Rifkin
Timothy Epstein
Crew
Brian Klugman
Director
Brian Klugman
Screenplay
Marcelo Zarvos
Original Music Composer
Bradley Cooper
Executive Producer
Laura Rister
Executive Producer
Alexandre Cadieux
Stunt Coordinator
Lori McCoy-Bell
Hairstylist
Andy Jurgensen
Assistant Editor
Joel Dougherty
Supervising Sound Editor
P.K. Hooker
Sound Effects Editor
Gregg Swiatlowski
Dialogue Editor
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Popular Reviews
118 reviews
Bea
5.5★ · 01/01/01
super inaspettato trovare ben barnes
super inaspettato trovare ben barnes
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Cdvb
5.0★ · 04/24/26
Ben barnes bana böyle baksa bende aşık olurdum
Ben barnes bana böyle baksa bende aşık olurdum
Baemimta
6.0★ · 04/14/26
let me get this straight: the movie is about an author who writes about an author who steals another author’s work Inception, but make it literary.
let me get this straight: the movie is about an author who writes about an author who steals another author’s work Inception, but make it literary.
Mary
8.0★ · 03/20/26
For sure it wasn’t highly rated, and I get why some people didn’t love it. But for me the quiet sadness , the little regrets and tiny tender moments hit way harder than i ever expected
For sure it wasn’t highly rated, and I get why some people didn’t love it. But for me the quiet sadness , the little regrets and tiny tender moments hit way harder than i ever expected
Lucas Johnson
4.0★ · 02/19/26
Boring. Story was insanely predictable and had me sleeping in my chair. The only thing keeping this movie out of the 1 star range was the acting, which was somewhat decent. If only the writing was good… 3.5/10
Boring. Story was insanely predictable and had me sleeping in my chair. The only thing keeping this movie out of the 1 star range was the acting, which was somewhat decent. If only the writing was good… 3.5/10