WORDS AND PICTURES (2013) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Fred Schepisi
Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Amy Tian,
Fred Negahban, Bruce Davison, Amy Brenneman
Dear Ms. Applebaum,
I saw "Words and Pictures" last night at our local $3 theater. Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche play high school teachers, and they do what they can to look drab and ordinary. Fat chance. He teaches writing and she teaches art, and they get into this war over which means of expression is the best. He's arrogant and she's abrasive, and she's got rheumatoid arthritis, which makes it hard to paint, and he's got a drinking problem, which makes it hard to write, so it's complicated. And (of course) they gradually, grudgingly fall in love. It's one of those movies where you forgive its contrivances because watching the stars go at it is so much fun. Juliette did her own painting, too, apparently. For $3 on a hot summer night, it was just the thing.
Nick
