This film would've been better if it shortened to A Thousand Words, then it might not have wasted so much of my time. A Thousand Words is about a fast-talking agent (Eddie Murphy) being cursed by having his life tied to a tree that loses a leaf for every word he speaks, meaning when the tree is out of leaves, the agent dies. Here's a fun game you can play: look for outdated pop culture references that would've been funny and relevant, the year this movie was actually shot (this is more fun than the movie itself). The main problem of the film is that its simply not funny, just how unfunny? I didn't laugh at any one point during this film. Beyond this the characters are all fairly unlikeable, the story's predictable, and maybe worst of all is the that it doesn't feel like the agent's "punishment" fits his "crime" -- which is being self-absorbed and insincere, which aren't great qualities, but not worth a death sentence. Maybe something more along the line of a 24 hour curse al la Liar Liar would have felt more appropriate.