After ‘ Norbit’ , a romantic comedy staring Eddie Murphy in a triple role, director Brian Robbins is back with yet another comedy, with the same lead actor.

In ‘A thousand words’, Eddie Murphy is Jack McCall, a successful yet cocky literary agent, whose life is suddenly torn apart with the appearance of a rather unusual tree in his back yard, which appears to lose leaves as Jack speaks. His decision of not talking anymore, in order to prevent the tree and himself from dying, will affect both his family and his career dramatically.

Jack’s main strength is his use of words and he would do almost anything in order to convince writers to sign with him, even if that means stretching the truth or even lying. But after his meeting with Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis), a self-help guru, Jack discovers he must use his words carefully before every leaf on the tree falls.

After trying numerous times to dispose of the tree, Jack discovers in that they are linked, as the tree is a portrayal of Jack’s being and everything that occurs to the tree also happens to him. His wife Caroline (Kerry Washington) leaves him because of his inability to communicate and he is fired from his job, after jeopardising a contract, because nobody seems to believe his story, except from his assistant, Aaron (Clark Duke).

In the last part of the film, Jack decides to use his last words to thank those who had helped him. Will Jack be able to save his family before he runs out of words?

I found this film suitable for a lazy night in with friends or family, if you are looking for a good laugh, as Eddie Murphy is as funny as he usually is, albeit not being able to make complete use of his most acclaimed trait, his ‘motor-mouth’ ,but also because it has a deep moral: we should speak our words carefully and not abuse them, because they are meant to convey important truths or feelings, which should accompany our actions as well.