Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Loved it!!! Other than Olivia Wilde (miscast, I suppose, since I loved her in other movies), everyone acted beautifully, especially Ben Barnes, who brought his character to life, whose emotions need not be expressed in words but on his face. Without giving away the plot, there were enough twists to keep story interesting. Can't help but ponder these questions when end credits rolled. Don't listen to the naysayers. If you love to write, or are aspiring to, you've got to see this movie.If only I could write like that... better hit the typewriter, I mean, the computer.

Loved the movie. It is very deep and thoroughly engaging. Loved every minute of it. The 3 layers of the movie are beautifully presented. It is definitely a very neat story with excellent screen play. I definitely did not expect the end. The suspense has been woven in very well. I also really liked the message that the story tells, in the words on the old man, when he reflects on the reasons for his pain in life.Amazing performance by all the actors.Surprised the movie was rated bad on rotten tomatoes. Guess, critiques' judgments are not always right. The movie definitely deserves an 8 or more.

I Always write reviews about books I've read .. but this is the first time i write about movie I've seen .. deeply l like it ..maybe because it's reach to something important inside me ..something I can't put it on ''THE WORDS'' ...We all hopes and dreams to be famous people ..successful people, the others listening to us, inspiring from us to becoming The Example to them .. such a beautiful dreams .. but the reality tells us a different world.The words it's a story about three writers, A story inside a story inside a story..A story about young man dreamed to be writer, to be something important, he wrote a book after his daughter pass away and his wife left him.. when he but his pain and joy in a words .. he became what he want, what he dream.. but he lost his book and he never write again ..After so many years another young man also dreamed to be writer, found by coincidence the lost book, simply he stole it and put his name on it, he pretend to be the writer he couldn't be and finally he met the first young man who became old man. The third writer who wrote a stories about another tow men ..Actually the three men they're a same person, all of them want a same things, make mistakes to get what they want, and all of them love the words more anything else, more than their wives, their lives, even more than themselves .. and it was their tragedy.. it was their success and failure The idea of movie is that one can making a terrible mistake in life, continue to live and perhaps even live well with no price to pay.It's pessimistic look to life .. but that what our life truly is.

I think the critics are harsh ..the movie was very deep and beautiful, Bradley cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid acted very beautifully ..but the end what about it ?! i didn't know for sure is that a twist in the ending or what ,is clay (Dennis Quaid) is himself Rory (cooper) and the old man is just made up so clay can relief himself and think that's okay and live with his choice ? i don't know actually but it is a great film indeed ... i loved the scene when Rory tell Dora that his life is not right and he was not satisfied about his life "after they were in a restaurant " this scene touched me, the movie is different have a brilliant story writing.