Is the One-Sheet for A Thousand Words Too Airbrushed, Or is Eddie Murphy Just 14 Years Old?

Either Eddie Murphy has a sprightly nephew named Eddie Murphy who is beginning a career in film, or the people behind A Thousand Words Photoshopped the bejesus out of the Eddie Murphy we already know and lament. The new one-sheet for the March release features a mysteriously youthful Velvet Jones gawking at the camera with eyes that look like Henson workshop appliques. One glance at this and James Brown would have a heart attack right in the hot tub. Make every word count, indeed! Here come six: Eddie, is that you under there? A Thousand Words stars Murphy as a “a fast-talking salesman who discovers that he only has a thousand words left to speak before he dies.” It costars people I care about like Kerry Washington and Allison Janney. Hopefully they remain recognizable. A Thousand Words Poster [MovieWeb] Follow Louis Virtel on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.