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Thu, 03/08/2012 - 6:01am

A Thousand Words (PG-13)

In <span class="italic">Tower Heist</span>, Eddie Murphy seemed energized and pumped and poised for a comeback. In <span class="italic">A Thousand Words</span>, the actor smashes all those hopes to bits. Forget it. The dream is dead. The only reason this dumb, insulting comedy won’t permanently derail Murphy’s career is that few people will ever be forced to sit through it outside of transatlantic flights and interrogation rooms at Guantanamo Bay.

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