“The Words” isn’t exactly a page turner, its story is both too obvious and told at too leisurely a pace for anything like that. It does, however, have its moments, plus a game cast that makes it the cinematic equivalent of one of those “guilty pleasure” beach paperbacks that a reader holds to a lower standard.
“The Words” is a muddled mystery of a story within a story within a story, The talented cast do their best with what they are given. This mish-mash might have worked if they eliminated the Dennis Quaid story. Main theme is what would you do if you found something that is really not yours (and you have no idea of who it belongs to) but by using it as if it were yours, you could really benefit? The central character goes for it, and then the owner appears…
GRADE = “C+”