Après avoir étiré la vérité sur un accord avec un gourou spirituel, l'agent littéraire Jack McCall trouve un arbre Bodhi sur sa propriété. Son apparence est une leçon précieuse sur les consé... Tout lireAprès avoir étiré la vérité sur un accord avec un gourou spirituel, l'agent littéraire Jack McCall trouve un arbre Bodhi sur sa propriété. Son apparence est une leçon précieuse sur les conséquences de chaque mot qu'il prononce.Après avoir étiré la vérité sur un accord avec un gourou spirituel, l'agent littéraire Jack McCall trouve un arbre Bodhi sur sa propriété. Son apparence est une leçon précieuse sur les conséquences de chaque mot qu'il prononce.
- Prix
- 3 nominations au total
- Crying Student
- (as Emily Burton)
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Once again, he does his unlikeable douche character. And for the first hour, there are too many unlikeable self-centered characters in too many fake annoying situations. But the last 30 minutes is a heart-warming feel-good affair.
The story turned out to be rather interesting and refreshing from the usual movies that Eddie Murphy is in. The story is about a man's fate tied to a tree, and with each word he speaks a leaf falls from the tree, slowly killing it and in turn also endangering the man.
I was really surprised at the level of impact the story had, and it mixed drama and comedy together quite well. But near the end of the movie the story really stepped up and into character. And I think some might actually need a tissue at hand at that point.
The cast did good jobs with their given roles, and it was nice to see Eddie Murphy unfold his talent in a combination of drama and comedy, proving that he is much more than a goofy laugh, a handful of jokes and one-liners. This is really a movie that made Eddie Murphy shine Again.
Regardless of if you are a fan of Eddie Murphy or not, then "A Thousand Words" is definitely worth watching because it is a beautiful story put to film. I am rating it seven out of ten stars and must applaud Eddie Murphy for his performance in this movie.
People are disappointed because they wanted to see an Eddy Murphy style comedy, the problem is this ain't a comedy it is a drama with a very good message. I loved Eddy Murphy in his first movies, he was a fast talking joke machine, he still is but the jokes are the same and comedy has moved on. For that matter I didn't like the comedy portion of this movie too much but I was deeply touched by the drama version. The solution to his problem is right in front of him and anyone who is willing to give this movie a fair chance will see it too and exactly this is what made the movie so strong because he is doing it all wrong and you want to scream at the screen and tell him what to do and how to do it.
In my opinion Eddy Murphy gave a partially brilliant performance. As I said I didn't enjoy the comedy too much, it was some sort of best of Eddy Murphy but when you are willing to accept that this is actually a drama and understand the comedy part as the metaphor that it is you will love this movie and maybe pull something valuable out of the message. For the concept of the message Eddy Murphy was the best possible actor for this role.
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe movie was filmed in 2008 and released in 2012.
- GaffesSinja tells Jack that a tree dies when its leaves fall. Many trees lose their leaves in the fall and go dormant in the winter without dying.
- Citations
Young Jack: I guess you never know if the last time you see someone is going to be the last time you ever see someone.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2012 (2013)
- Bandes originalesYou Can Make It If You Try
Written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
Performed by Sly and the Family Stone (as Sly & The Family Stone)
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Mille mots
- Lieux de tournage
- Bel Air, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis(Jack McCall's home)
- sociétés de production
- Consultez plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 40 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 18 450 127 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 6 176 280 $ US
- 11 mars 2012
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 22 044 277 $ US
- Durée
- 1h 31m(91 min)
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1