A Thousand Words (2012)

Directed by

Brian Robbins

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 1,419 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man finds that a magical tree sprouts a leaf every time he speaks. He learns he will die when the tree loses all its leaves, so he must choose his words carefully.

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What happens

A Thousand Words is a 2012 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed and produced by Brian Robbins, written by Steve Koren, produced by Nicolas Cage, and starring Eddie Murphy. It was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Saturn Films, Varsity Pictures and Work After Midnight Films released in theaters by Paramount Pictures on March 9, 2012, four years after it was filmed. Critics panned the film as formulaic and outdated, and for miscasting Murphy in a mostly silent role. It is currently one of a small number of films with a 0% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a box office bomb, grossing just $22 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. As of 2025, it is the last film directed by Robbins, who would move on into a career as a media executive, and was Murphy's last film appearance for four years until Mr. Church (2016). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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