Seth's movie in review: "The Words"

I have a problem... I choose to watch movies based on who is starring in them, not so much what the story is about. If I end up liking the story, then that's just a bonus.
I wanted to watch "The Words" because I find Bradley Cooper funny, I loved Jeremy Irons as Scar from "The Lion King" and I'm in love with both Zoe Saldana & Olivia Wilde.

Well, I should be more picky about the movies I watch.

In this film, Cooper plays a pinched, modern-day Faust. He's also a character in a story within a story that a writer (Dennis Quaid) is telling to an audience (and us) in a hyperbolic voiceover, at what must be the longest public reading of a book.

"The Words" consists of more interrelated stories within stories which you see coming. This movie's layered storytelling lacks fluidity, grace, or good humour to pull off its conceit. However, it does teach kids a good lesson - DO NOT plagiarise. It is a no-no.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Reason: Even though you expected everything that happened before it happened and it lacked emotion or conviction, the story was somewhat interesting and I Cooper is easy on the eyes.