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Where The Truth Lies
2005
Acclaimed director Atom Egoyan adapts Rupert Holmes's novel about a celebrity journalist who attempts to reveal some old Hollywood skeletons. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett |
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| Director | Atom Egoyan |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Egoyan in more mainstream mood than usual, with a slick mystery set in the 1970s, when a young journalist (Lohman)... read more on Time Out
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A gripping whodunnit with a Hitchcock-esque twist. Not to be missed.
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Flawless performances from Bacon and Firth.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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25 out of 29 people found this review helpful
I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!
Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth are 2 fine actors who usually appear in pretty decent (or at least entertaining stuff). Unfortunately, this is neither. The 2 stars seem uncomfortable in their roles and play sleazy, hedonistic characters whom you can't relate to or feel any sympathy for. The female lead looks like she should still be at school, and her acting abilities, or lack of, supports this! The plot has a very obvious 'twist' and the whole thing is just very disappointing from beginning to end. It only gets 2 stars cos I love the male leads, but boys what on Earth made you sign up for this drivel?? Very disappointing and would be a minus if not for Firth and Bacon
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16 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Excellent!
if you like films which twist & turn, and don't mind some strong adult content, you will love this. The performances are excellent, the story intelligent,and it has bags of style.
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
A good plot gone wrong
After watching the movie you would probably agree that the story had great potential for a good mystery/suspense movie. But the acting from the lead actors were pretty appalling. Also there was one too many sexually explicit scenes - the director seems to sacrifice a nice plot too easily. Hope for a better remake 20 years down the line.
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Engrossing!
A complex & engrossing movie with excellent performances from Kevin Bacon & Colin Firth...it holds your attention from the start..but be warned..you have to concentrate on every scene & piece of dialouge, otherwise you'll get lost...Enjoyable & entertaining. Recommended.
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
No impact
This could have been so much better. The story is OK but somehow the characters don't gell and the mystery is no big deal. You couldn't care less about any of them particulary the lead girl who I thought was too young and ineffective. No depth or atmosphere but thats Colin Firth all over.
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25 out of 29 people found this review helpful
I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!
Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth are 2 fine actors who usually appear in pretty decent (or at least entertaining stuff). Unfortunately, this is neither. The 2 stars seem uncomfortable in their roles and play sleazy, hedonistic characters whom you can't relate to or feel any sympathy for. The female lead looks like she should still be at school, and her acting abilities, or lack of, supports this! The plot has a very obvious 'twist' and the whole thing is just very disappointing from beginning to end. It only gets 2 stars cos I love the male leads, but boys what on Earth made you sign up for this drivel?? Very disappointing and would be a minus if not for Firth and Bacon
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16 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Excellent!
if you like films which twist & turn, and don't mind some strong adult content, you will love this. The performances are excellent, the story intelligent,and it has bags of style.
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
A good plot gone wrong
After watching the movie you would probably agree that the story had great potential for a good mystery/suspense movie. But the acting from the lead actors were pretty appalling. Also there was one too many sexually explicit scenes - the director seems to sacrifice a nice plot too easily. Hope for a better remake 20 years down the line.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Good film
Don't know why this has got some negative reviews. I enjoyed this. It had a really intriguing mystery at the heart of it and kept me interested the whole time. Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon gave fine performances but I wasn't so keen on the lead actress. As for the comments regarding soft porn, I think some people must be easily shocked!.
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9 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Waste of time!
Wish I'd seen the earlier comment re soft porn. Very disappointed as I regarded Colin Firth as a fine actor - was he really so hard-up he had to participate in such drivel? Rent this at your peril.............
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
good twist
Reading the previous comments either you seem to like or hate it. I find that the story captures you and takes a surprising twist in the end, which makes it really worth while. If you can only bear action packed thrillers, this is not for you.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
wonderful and detailed!
I really loved this film. It was unusual, rich, and detailed. It takes a look the complex, often contradictory phenomenon of the 1950s entertainment duos, taking the viewer along for the ride and then slicing the lives of the characters right down the middle, revealing all the naked truths at the heart of the mystery. It has a brilliantly constructed plot and the acting is spot on and very sexy. Its also great to see these actors obviously taking risks and doing a film well suited to their abilities (finally).
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
An unsatisfactory experience.
I found this a puzzling film.
Basically, it was a good plot in the right hands; but the director seems to have taken it down the wrong path, or possibly just lost his way. The narrative style virtually ruins any in-depth character development or an opportunity for serious acting.
Even Kevin Bacon, who always turns in a good performance, seemed uncomfortable. The least said about the casting of Colin Firth as the drug-taking, drink-swilling, orgy-loving and generally debauched other half of the team, the better.
Whose idea was that, I wonder? The females were better but had no competition.
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
No impact
This could have been so much better. The story is OK but somehow the characters don't gell and the mystery is no big deal. You couldn't care less about any of them particulary the lead girl who I thought was too young and ineffective. No depth or atmosphere but thats Colin Firth all over.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Better the truth buried
I picked this film because of the actress Rachel Blanchard, who is drop-dead gorgeous. Having seen her sordid sex scene – totally superfluous to the film - I wish I hadn’t! I’m certainly not prudish, but two or three of the sex scenes were soft porn – i.e. more mechanical than emotional or passionate.
As to the rest of the film: all rather lame, I’m afraid. None of it has any 'truth' about it, from the ‘comedy’ double act between Firth and Bacon, to the journalist allegedly besotted by the two. Bacon has been around for years, but he is one of those actors whose name you recognise, but can never quite picture – hardly likely for a top light entertainer on the lines of Sinatra, Sammy Davis, or Bob Hope, which is what I assume he is modelled on. Most bizarre moment of the film – he does a ‘Johnny Rotten’ style scowl, head shoved into camera. And Colin Firth as Noel Coward. No, no, and thrice no!
I won’t spoil the ending, but just think ‘Agatha Christie character’ for the guilty party! (Shouldn’t be too hard to work out anyway!)
Critics' reviews (4)
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Egoyan in more mainstream mood than usual, with a slick mystery set in the 1970s, when a young journalist (Lohman)... read more on Time Out
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A gripping whodunnit with a Hitchcock-esque twist. Not to be missed.
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Flawless performances from Bacon and Firth.
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A tense and slippery mystery
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