A Thousand Words vs Mind Game

Mind Game has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.1/10 for A Thousand Words). A Thousand Words is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 43m. Mind Game is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Thousand Words posterA Thousand Words2012 VS Mind Game posterMind Game2004
A Thousand WordsMind Game
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.5/10
Year20122004
Length1h 31m1h 43m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyAnimation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country–Japan
DirectorBrian RobbinsMasaaki Yuasa
Main castKerry Washington, Eddie Murphy, Allison Janney, Cliff Curtis, Clark DukeKoji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi

Synopsis

A Thousand Words

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed…

Mind Game

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

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