gridoon2018 "A Thousand Words" has some hilarious (the blind man crossing the street) and heartwarming (the scene at the dock) moments, but in the second half the preachiness overtakes the comedy ("find peace with your inner self"). Eddie Murphy is in good form, especially in his pantomime, but his character is a bit sanitized even at the start, and Clark Duke is quite annoying, especially when he tries to imitate him. All in all, it's not the direct hit it could have been, but it's probably one of Murphy's better recent efforts. **1/2 out of 4.

vchimpanzee I've enjoyed many of Eddie Murphy's movies over the years, and most of them are quite funny. He continues to show talent, but somehow I felt something was missing, even though Jack's attempts to communicate were hilarious. Ultimately, while this isn't as special as many of his earlier efforts, Murphy is pretty good here.I didn't recognize Kerry Washington, and maybe it's just as well. Considering that she is currently regarded as one of the best actresses on TV, I didn't see anything here to support that idea.As Jack's poor assistant Aaron, Clark Duke's performance varies. It may be just me, but I didn't care much for him at first. But he is hilarious trying to act "street" with professional people thinking that's how Jack would talk, and failing miserably at impressing them. And later Aaron is quite good at helping Jack deal with his problems.This is mostly a comedy, but toward the end it has a deeper meaning and an important lesson, making it more than just the silly mess it started out to be.I want to point out two more acting performances, one brief and one more significant. John Witherspoon is wonderful as the father of the President of the United States in "The First Family", and while he is only on screen for a few seconds as a blind man trying to cross the street, he shows just as much talent as on his TV series, in a scene that is one of the movie's funniest.And Ruby Dee as Jack's mother who is losing her memory gives the movie's standout performance. She doesn't say much early on, but later she has a brilliant scene. It's not so much that she is losing her mind. She seems quite normal and intelligent except for the fact she can't comprehend that the man in the room with her is not her husband. I was also impressed by a couple of scenes which I didn't quite understand. Either Jack's young son has gotten older and is telling his father he misses him, or Jack is seeing his younger self. The boy in the scene does quite well.It's not a bad movie, really. Just don't expect anything like Murphy's past successes.

Davis P This is by far Eddie Murphy's worst film ever! I have no clue why he ever agreed to star in this mess. And Kerry Washington is a good actress, so I don't know why she ever signed on either, they both deserved better than this. This movie has literally 0 laughs, none whatsoever. If you loved movies like Beverly Hills cop or maybe trading places, then do not be deceived, this movie is nothing like those, it's the very bottom of the barrel bad. The dialogue is poor and very lazy, and it doesn't really look like anyone have a crap about this movie while filming. There is no energy, no fun, nothing worth holding your attention. So yah just skip right on over this one. 1/10.

FilmBuff1994 A Thousand Words is a very mediocre movie with a poorly written storyline and a talented cast that are wasted with this script. The concept isn't great to begin with, but I feel it is easily something that could have worked if it had writers that really knew comedy, with much more emotion and scenes that make us feel for the characters as well, I couldn't help but think how this would have turned out if Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were involved, as they are able to take ridiculous concepts and turn it in to gold, and they easily could have made this much better. It's certainly sad to see Eddie Murphy in yet another awful comedy, I love him as both a comedian and an actor no matter how bad the roles he chooses are, and the movies biggest issues was that his character wasn't able to speak, you are simply asking for failure when you write a script for Murphy in which the main concept is he can rarely speak. Contains little laughs or any real reason to care for these characters, you would definitely be better off avoiding A Thousand Words. After a tree is put in his back garden, a man learns that he only has a thousand words left to say before he dies. Best Performance: Eddie Murphy Worst Performance: Kerry Washington