Horror

Mystery

Thriller

The Lie

Mad Dog Films

Amazon Studios

Blumhouse Television

United States of America

English

Peter Sarsgaard

Mireille Enos

Joey King

Cas Anvar

Patti Kim

Nicholas Lea

Devery Jacobs

Dani Kind

Alan van Sprang

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll

Yari Azzopardi

Shana Fischer Huber

Patrice Boudreau

Jeff Skochko

Philip Fowler

Chantal Parent

Liesl Deslauriers

Alex Kavanagh

Paul Rapovski

Ryan Jakubek

Sherri Lawrence

Eleanor Mendes

Steven Ciancamerla

Paulina Harcus

Fraser Boyle

Jeanette Volturno

Couper Samuelson

Jennifer Scudder Trent

Ben Simpkins

Kim Hodgert

Effy Papadopoulos

Cylvan Desrouleaux

Beatriz Sequeira

Brian Patrick

Gabe Hilfer

Keith Murphy

Allison Mondesir

Susan Hayward

John Buchan

Leslie Kavanagh

Terri Taylor

Jason Knight

Sally Bishop

Daryl Purdy

Plato Fountidakis

Amanda Fox-Flinn

Joe Madziak

Rita Bertucci

Henry van Roden

Tim Vincent

Joan Rowe

Lance Wiseman

Adam Crawford

Lyndsey Schenk

Christian P. Minkler

Dave Hibbert

Pete Elia

Judah Getz

Ryan Maguire

Jeff Kwong

Rod O'Brien

Margaret Hutz

Michael Brake

Veena Sud

Alix Madigan

Jason Blum

Aaron Barnett

Peter Wunstorf

Shelley Silverman

Christopher Tricarico

Tamar-kali

Camille Kennedy

Marcus Seibert

Sebastian Ko

Elisa Sauvé

Edward W. Hardy

Performances were pretty good if not unexceptional. The twist ending is pretty dark and I did have a queasy feeling throughout its entire 90-minute running time. However, despite being engaged with the story and characters, and I can't my finger on it, just something didn't quite gel. **3.0/5**

I re-titled this, "The Making of a Serial Killer" with about 10 minutes left, then 5 minutes later changed my mind. Wow, what an insane ending.

**_Oh, what a tangled web we weave_**

In an unspecified wintery city in New York, likely Buffalo, a musician father (Peter Sarsgaard) and his ex-wife, a lawyer (Mireille Enos), concoct a lie to save their daughter (Joey King) from serious legal ramifications, but one lie leads to another and...  

“The Lie” (2018) is a drama with crime thriller elements, a morality tale in the vein of “A Simple Plan”
(1998), albeit with an altogether different story. Like “Match Point” (2005), it’s a dramatic snowball that builds to avalanche proportions, manipulating you into rooting for the protagonists despite their dubious decisions in a life-changing situation.

Armchair critics contend that the set-up is unbelievable, but we’re talking about mid-teenage girls here, who are subject to all kinds of questionable whims rooted in immature emotions. Look no further than Taylor Smith, who pushed Jordan Holgerson off a bridge at Moulton Falls near Vancouver, Washington, on August 7, 2018 (see the video on Youtube). As for the potential transgression in question, look up what happened to 16 year-old Skylar Neese on the night of July 5, 2012, in the Morgantown, West Virginia, area, which is featured on the real-life crime series See No Evil, Season 1, Episode 6.

The less I say, the better. If you like films like the two noted above and "The River King" (2005), "Snow Angels" (2007), “Frozen River” (2008) and "The Drowning" (2016), check this one out.  

The movie runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in the Toronto area. 

GRADE: A-

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