Movie #1034 "Words & Pictures" has very strong acting from both Juliette Binoche, and esp. Clive Owen. It's the best I've seen him. I thought I would LOVE this picture, but I didn't. I just mildly enjoyed it. I guess I would rather have it a movie about a love story of these two very different people who both have debilitating diseases (her rheumatoid arthritis and he, alcoholism) than the "war between words and pictures" --- is there any doubt one is NOT better than the other, and that life is so much better with them both? It really is slow moving, esp. their relationship which has to go from A to Z here (hating to loving). Typical romantic story with conflicts ---- most of the kids seem stereotyped and the situations are all over the place ---- film would have been better focusing on their relationship even more ---I don't think they actually start to "like" each other until maybe more than an hour into the film. But it does make valid points of the power of words (he's a writer & an English teacher) and the power of pictures (she's an artist and an art teacher) . I'm not sure how these two were so popular of teachers (he was drunk some of the time and she was really mean most of it --- but the script expects us to believe they are well loved. Anyway, things just aren't that "real" sound the two very capable actors, and I hope I see them in another film in the future. Something with a better script perhaps.
Words and Pictures2013PG-13111 mins I would give it 3 stars out of 5
A picture is worth a thousand words -- or is it? That's the question prep school students must answer as their teachers egg them on in this diverting romantic comedy starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche as the instructors who spark the debate.
- Cast:
- Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison, Navid Negahban, Amy Brenneman, Valerie Tian, Adam DiMarco, Josh Ssettuba, Janet Kidder, Christian Scheider, Keegan Connor Tracy
- Genre:
- Romantic Comedies, Romantic Dramas, Indie Comedies, Comedy
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