I went to see A Thousand Words with three of my best girlfriends and ALL four of us fell asleep during the movie (we saw the movie before going out for adult beverages)!! Fortunately, we didn’t go to sleep at the same time because that would have been a tragedy! We kept taking turns nudging the person who was snoring or breathing hard. Given my disclaimer for sleeping during a part of the movie…my review is based on what I DID see.
A Thousand Words is about successful literary agent Jack McCall, (Eddie Murphy), who uses his gift for gab to secure deals with clients. After his recent s-t-r-e-t-c-h of the truth to secure a new client, a spiritual guru played by Cliff Curtis; a Bodhi tree magically appears in Jack’s yard. The tree sheds a leaf for every word that Jack speaks. He has one thousand words left to speak before he dies. Jack begins to pick his words more carefully with the threat of death looming over him. The best part of the movie was watching eye candy, Cliff Curtis. Have you seen him in the movie Colombiana? I digress…
It should have been a great formula to have comedian Eddie Murphy use few words and non-verbal communication to deliver a movie; however, it just doesn’t work. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few funny moments during the movie but overall it’s not funny. Perhaps Eddie is the funniest when he CAN speak. Leave the non-verbal funny tactics to Jim Carrey. Someone made the decision to leave this movie on the shelf after it was made in 2008…well, it can now be returned to the shelf.
I give this movie 1.5 stars out of 4.
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