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Lies We Tell

2016

Mitu Misra

Gabriel Byrne, Sibylla Deen, Mark Addy, Jan Uddin ...

4.1

27

Thriller. Romance A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Weak script and amateurish direction sink this dead-on-arrival debut"	NEG
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"[A] cluttered, unconvincing thriller (...) The resultant script (...) is arthritic with overplotting."	NEG
United Kingdom	Anna Smith Time Out	"For all its rough edges, this has an air of authenticity that only a local filmmaker could bring, and it’s certainly a curiosity worth seeing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nick De Semlyen Empire	"Dour, over-long and with a fair bit of clumsy dialogue (...) It’s too meandering and sluggish to grip (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] lacks thrills despite its talented cast (...) A pretty leaden and unconvincing film, further hampered by a cheesy and intrusive musical score (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"'Lies We Tell' is a pretentious and muddled dud of a melodrama"	NEG
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"Terrible (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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