'A Thousand Words' -- 1 star

<b>PG-13; 1:40 running time</b><br><br> In "A Thousand Words" the camera stays about two inches from Murphy's hyperactive face, and you start to see the strain and desperation in the actor's eyes. Without saying a word, those reaction shots ¿ the film is a 100-minute reaction shot unto itself ¿ says: I am in trouble here, yet I remain a big bad wolf of comedy. I will huff and puff and get a laugh. Somehow. -- Michael Phillips<br><br>Read the full <a href=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-0308-thousand-words-20120309,0,813973.column>"A Thousand Words" movie review</a>
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PG-13; 1:40 running time

In "A Thousand Words" the camera stays about two inches from Murphy's hyperactive face, and you start to see the strain and desperation in the actor's eyes. Without saying a word, those reaction shots ¿ the film is a 100-minute reaction shot unto itself ¿ says: I am in trouble here, yet I remain a big bad wolf of comedy. I will huff and puff and get a laugh. Somehow. -- Michael Phillips

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