L.I.E.

Name: L.I.E.
Genre: Drama
Released: September 7, 2001
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Brian Cox, Paul Dano

2001

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New Yorker Films | Release Date: September 7, 2001 | Open

Starring: Brian Cox, Paul Dano

Summary: L.I.E. is about a boy who, in losing just about everything and everyone he has in the space of a single week, finds himself. (Lot 47 Films)

Director: Michael Cuesta

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Open

Runtime: 97 min

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Kim Morgan

An achievement of accomplished filmmaking and superb acting, L.I.E. puts you in the tough spot of unraveling how you feel about what you've viewed. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Gripping, troubling and deftly acted. Read full review

Jay Carr

Superior and original filmmaking. You won't be able to take your eyes off it.

Owen Gleiberman

You know you're in the hands of a born filmmaker when he floods a scene with danger and excitement and, at the same time, tempers it with something more delicate -- a languor of the everyday. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

In a role that challenges our very notion of morality, Cox comes across as both predatory and fatherly, sometimes at once, in an acting turn as astonishing as it is stomach-turning.

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The subject matter is certainly controversial -- it's not every day that we see a sympathetic portrayal of a pedophile -- but Cuesta avoids the taint of salaciousness, thanks in large part to a brilliant performance from Cox. Read full review

Edward Guthmann

A provocative, upsetting film. Read full review

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Sep 18, 2011

L.I.E. is simply the best movie on this subject ever made - and it has become a classic, world-wide, because of that. Stephen M. Ryder's screenplay is nothing short of genius. Brian Cox did the best acting of his career and would have stolen the entire movie were it not for the incrediblyL.I.E. is simply the best movie on this subject ever made - and it has become a classic, world-wide, because of that. Stephen M. Ryder's screenplay is nothing short of genius. Brian Cox did the best acting of his career and would have stolen the entire movie were it not for the incredibly brave performance by Paul Dano. Great music, great cinematography and fabulous production on a very low budget. Heartfelt kudos to all involved, especially Ryder, Cox and Dano. Bravo bravissimo! And to hell with Jack Valenti and his bluenosed thugs at the MPAA.… Expand

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