A Thousand Words vs On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time 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 39m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2012). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Thousand Words
On Borrowed Time| A Thousand Words | On Borrowed Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1939 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Brian Robbins | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Main cast | Kerry Washington, Eddie Murphy, Allison Janney, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel |
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…
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
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