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By Michael Nordine (446) for Pasadena Weekly (143) on 22 May 2014

Darker shades dominate the latter half, shifting the tone and making the film feel both more authentic and more contrived, sometimes simultaneously…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 22 May 2014

At the center of the film's appeal, though, are its two lead performances and the joy of watching these actors seemingly discover each other…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 May 2014

Words and Pictures is a minor effort from Schepisi, but minor Schepisi still trumps most of what’s out there…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 22 May 2014

Unfortunately, Words and Pictures fails at portraying both titular nouns…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 May 2014

For the most part, the florid flourishes are so lightly played by Owen and Binoche, screenwriter Gerald Di Pego's melodrama can almost be forgiven…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 May 2014

Words and Pictures has a host of flaws, but the performances by Mr. Owen and Ms…

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By Deborah Young (235) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 21 May 2014

If it wasn’t for the charming top-liners who can make literary dialogue sound sexy in their sleep, the war in Fred Schepisi’s Words and…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 21 May 2014

Words and Pictures never accrues enough emotional resources to bear out the darker, heavier moments, which turns its big dramatic moves into…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 21 May 2014

Shoots for vintage screwball and misses for lack of wit…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 21 May 2014

In the end, the only question of consequence that the story poses is whether superior acting can prevail over inferior writing…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 May 2014

Audiences will walk away thinking, What was that? But they will walk away thinking…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 May 2014

Words and Pictures doesn’t get the dunce-cap award, but it does lose points for feeling phony and contrived — especially during the moments…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 21 May 2014

The charmingly self-destructive Owen and the spiky Binoche make an interesting match..Fred Schepisi is an old pro who knows how to sand off…

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By Adam Markovitz (84) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 May 2014

It’s a rom-com setup lamer than anything in the Barrymore-Sandler canon, but Binoche and Owen tackle it like high drama and eke out a few…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 20 May 2014

Words And Pictures is supposed to be divided, as equally as its title, between these two characters…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 20 May 2014

Words and Pictures is the cloying title of a cloying little comedy made by talented people who, not that long ago, deserved better than this,…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 May 2014

Clive Owen stumbles around the scenery doing unfortunate drunken-writer shtick in Words and Pictures, a formula movie whose script is yet more…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 20 May 2014

Aspiring to be an intelligent, sophisticated date-night offering, this romantic comedy-drama is torpedoed by artificial conflict and chronic…

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By Matthew Kassel (27) for New York Observer (1,400) on 20 May 2014

Words and Pictures doesn’t possess the tender grace of Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener’s wonderful film about middle-aged love…

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By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 May 2014

A rom-com that knows its demographic -- boomers coping with the heartache and natural shocks that flesh is heir to -- Words and Pictures is…

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