The Words

One of those movies that messes with you.

The Words tells the story of a writer struggling to get his first novel published. When things get harder than he imagined they would be, this amazing manuscript crosses his way. So now he has to make the decision that will forever change his life, and possibly steal someone else's, to publish this amazing book as his own, even though those are not his words.

Ever since I watched this, I can't stop thinking about it. It brings up some very interesting and deep questions. You find yourself imagining what would you do if it were you.

Essencially it is a movie about life and choices, and how those choices will affect/change your life and how you might be left to deal with them for as long as you live. It's about knowing the right thing to do and not doing it for the wrong reasons.

Bradley Cooper is really good in this, I had never seen him like that, specially in the scene when he tells the truth to his wife, amazing! But I have to say, Jeremy Irons and Ben Barnes owned the movie, their acting was so powerful and touching, they are the heart and soul of this movie, it's all about them. I love how Ben has close to no lines, but still, he's what moves the whole story, and he did it perfectly. I also love the fact that his and Jeremy's character is so massively important, yet we never even get to know his name. I think the fact that this character comes and goes without a name represents perfectly his part in the story, that was genius!

I love movies that makes you think about your own life and choices, this one most certainly does. What I found really interesting is that I kept imagining myself in the young/old man's shoes. I never, not even for moment, wondered what I would do in Rory's position. Probably because I have the answer very clear, and the reason why I have this answer is the fact that I identify a lot with the young/old man.

To me this movie, besides being about the choices we make, is also about the things that escape our control and how they too can change our lives forever. I mean the young/old man had no control over what happened to the story he wrote, his choices were about dealing with it after it have already been lost, about his wife, but not about the destiny of the book.

This one really made me think, definitely gonna watch it again.. Incredible, heartbreaking and as the poster it self says, a must-see.