The Words

The Words is a film that is based off a writer, Clay Hammond -- played by Dennis Quaid—who tells the story of a young man and aspiring writer, Rory Jansen – played by Bradley Cooper – who travels to Paris with his wife and while there he purchases a brief case to carry his writings. One night, back at home, he sits down to write a piece and falls under a case of writers block. He opens his new brief case and tries to get himself organized and while going through the case, he finds an entire unpublished manuscript. He reads through the whole thing and realizes that what he is holding is a true work of art. He begins to type out the entire manuscript onto his computer, word for word, and does not sleep until he finishes. When he finally completes this, he signs his own name on the page. He brings the new copy of the manuscript to the publishing company he works for and his boss loves it and wants it to get published immediately. His boss has never liked any of Rory’s work and he has never had anything published before. This story lands Rory the deal of a lifetime and leaves him to become one of the most profound authors of his time. Years later and after many publications he is faced with the fate that he has been running from since he bought the brief case.

I really enjoyed this film and though it was very well written. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal both wrote and directed this film and out a very unique twist on the story. This story, narrated by Dennis Quaid, tells the story of Rory and his journey in which he wrote. The twist at the end of the film is unforeseeable and leaves the ending with suspense.

I felt that this storyline was very interesting and the director/writers put their talents to good use. The story of Clay Hammond and Rory Jansen was very uniquely portrayed.