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The Lie
Directed by
Joshua Leonard
R
2011
80m
Drama
,
Comedy
5.1
74%
48%
5.4
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A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
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Where to Watch The Lie
Amazon Video
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Cast of The Lie
Alia Shawkat
Seven
Kelli Garner
Brianna
Mark Webber
Tank / Screenplay
Jane Adams
Dr. Bentel
James Ransone
Weasel
Joshua Leonard
Lonnie / Director / Screenplay
Jess Weixler
Clover / Screenplay
Gerry Bednob
Radko
Mike McColl
Associate Producer
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Short Story
The Lie Ratings & Reviews
Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Leonard plays Lonnie with unflattering commitment: you've gotta credit a fellow who plays feckless, selfish and dim so fully.
Shockya.com
Brent Simon
A well acted and uncommonly assured and engaging portrait of post-millennial and particularly male uncertainty.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The acting in The Lie -- including a nice bit by Mark Webber as a stoner pal who lectures Leonard on responsibility -- is good enough to almost overlook a so-so ending.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Comprising small, near-perfect scenes played out largely at dinner tables and on couches, "The Lie" wonders if it's possible to rewrite lives and remake choices.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
It doesn't try too hard, but what "The Lie" is working at, in its unassuming, amusing way, is a mini-portrait of growing pains in a time of extended adolescence.
Movieline
Michelle Orange
Embedded in The Lie is a sharp look at the moral limbo of a complacent life, the self-defeat of committing by halves, the self-interest of false equivalencies - but only the shallowest attempts are made to chip its themes out.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
The Lie's payoff strikes an unexpected, refreshingly open note that makes this slight little indie more resonant than its scale suggests.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Here's a film in which the actors create plausible people we would probably like. They're loose inside the skins of their characters.
IFC.com
Matt Singer
Leonard does a nice job of ramping up the comedy without sacrificing the believability of the world he's established; the movie is very funny at times but it's never outlandish.
Boxoffice Magazine
Ray Greene
The Lie is a sturdy directorial debut from actor Joshua Leonard.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
It would take considerable skill on both sides of the camera to make this material go, and Leonard, a low-rent Owen Wilson on screen, can't handle the simplest two-shot behind the lens...
Movie City News
Kim Voynar
This is an assured directorial debut that goes beyond what we often see out of indie filmmakers.
Film Threat
Don R. Lewis
It's funny, touching and truthful and its total lack of cynicism is rare but very welcome.
Cinematical
Erik Davis
An under-the-radar gem that may hit you in ways you never expected long after the credits roll.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
[A] thinly amusing tale with not-especially-appealing characters.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Adaptation of an esteemed New Yorker story lightens the tone successfully while capturing the ugliness of a panic-inspired misstep.
Slant Magazine
Andrew Schenker
A film about accountability that repeatedly absolves its lead character of the need to have any.
Film.com
Eric D. Snider
This mix of laughs and drama is a good one.
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