The Truth

Filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu once predicted that his Palme d’Or-winning “Shoplifters” would come to represent a major turning point in his career — the end of one phase, and the beginning of another. As it turns out, “The Truth” is inevitably a bit more complicated. The…

davidehrlich

Much smaller scale on it’s surface compared to what I’m used to with Kore-eda but definitely packs a punch underneath. Maybe too underneath for my taste though. Could be that I’m just burnt out and slightly sleep deprived at this point but it lost my interest in a few…

Karsten

Child: "Is that the truth?" Juliette Binoche in The Truth: "ahahahhhhh eeehehhhhh aahhhhh ehhhhhhh *winks* ehhhhhh

James Witherspoon

A universe in which a chain-smoking Catherine Deneuve constantly bickers with Juliette Binoche, carelessly undermines the acting talents of Ethan Hawke and has the power to turn old men into turtles, is a universe I want to live in.

MJsays

This was honestly hilarious. Catherine Deneuve reciting a paragraph of dialogue in french to Ethan Hawke and he’s like idk wtf she’s saying and someone mentioning Brigitte Bardot and Catherine going 😒🤢 queen of comedy

Sara Clements

AFI 2019: film #2 “you can’t trust memory” this specific kind of french movie is never really for me, but i did enjoy this the entire run time

Lucy

it’s been 24 years since before sunrise was released & ethan hawke still can’t speak french.... what a shame

Laura

The Truth is fine. It's not a bad film. That's about it, really. As soon as the setup and character dynamics are established, everything plays out as expected. Hirokazu Kore-eda still cares about family, but this one just seems rather uninteresting. I like nothing movies…

Darren Carver-Balsiger

tiff #8 it’s extremely interesting to me that kor-eda made a french film despite not speaking the language and it’s really cool that he pulled it off — and all with the exact 3 leads he originally envisioned for the film. it’s actually funny just how very french it really…

siobhan