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9650 Main St, Fairfax, VA
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Synopsis
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
Cast
- Helen Mirren
- Ian McKellen
- Russell Tovey
- Jim Carter
- Mark Lewis Jones
- Laurie Davidson
- Phil Dunster
- Lucian Msamati
- Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
- Tunji Kasim
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Trivia
- Irrelevantly, first feature film collaboration for British stage and screen legends Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen. However, that a film is the first collaboration between two actors can be said about literally every film ever made. Both aforementioned actors had earlier appeared together on stage in August Strindberg's play "Dance of Death" at New York's Broadhurst Theater in 2001.
Goofs
- Although the film is set in 2009, Roy puts the current plastic UK £10 note on the counter in the butcher's shop instead of a paper one from the period.
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Verified Review
Was looking forward to this movie. It did not disappoint
Jan R
Verified Review
The ending is worth the price of the movie ticket! Such a thing as Karma and one of the main characters got that served coldblooded! I left the movie theater still discussing the movie with my girlfriend! Like wow, this person could not stop lying for nothing! Great cast and very entertaining! Winning!
CJ
Carrie J
Metacritic
Nov 7, 2019
For all its nasty twists and turns, its fake-outs and flashbacks and pile-up of double-crosses, this story of an elderly con man and the wealthy widow he targets feels fatally devoid of danger. Square, tame and tidy as the London-area house kept by Mirren’s primly elegant, creamy-complexioned septuagenarian, The Good Liar is a work of skill but little spark.
Jon Frosch
The Hollywood Reporter
Nov 7, 2019
Hoping to be a stylish, witty conman thriller, The Good Liar starts out as an amusing lark but fails to stay ahead of its audience, piling on the ludicrousness until it’s impossible to take the proceedings seriously.
Tim Grierson
Screen International
Nov 7, 2019
The Good Liar really wants to be either a thriller or a caper. Unfortunately, it has neither the excitement necessary for the former nor the fun required of the latter.
Elizabeth Weitzman
TheWrap
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