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Information
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 109 min.
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Rating *
- 6.6
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 664
- Favs
- 24
- Dislikes
- 11
- Favs/checks
- 3.6% (1:28)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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AlbertSnow
Without giving too much away, this is a fairly good movie about a con artist trying to steal millions from an unsuspecting mark... that takes a hard left turn into a very uncomfortable storyline from which it never recovers. 4 years 1 month ago -
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Siskoid
Ian McKellen is an old grifter taking advantage of greedy businessmen and lonely widows alike in The Good Liar, but he may have met his match when he tries to steak Helen Mirren's fortune. If he's not what he seems, neither may she be, and we're kept guessing as to what kind of film this will be. Will it take a comic turn, or a tragic one? Will the criminal be redeemed through love, or will revelations make them impossible and/or undesirable? We're in safe hands with the two leads, as you can well imagine, giving performances that prey on our natural sympathies. I'm a big fan of con artist stories, and this is a good one, but I really do prefer the first two acts and their cat and mouse game, than the revelations that necessarily come in the third. The resolution is satisfying, but the "truth" of what's really happening comes by way of a large spoonful of melodrama, which is hardly my favorite genre. 2 years 6 months ago