The Lie
2018 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 6.4 · 44% critics
On the way to a dance camp, a father and daughter pick up the daughter’s best friend from the roadside. A sudden incident pushes the family into a desperate cover-up, and each choice forces another, turning a well-meaning stop into a tense chain of consequences.
Based on We Monsters
Also known as Between Earth and Sky · Welcome to the Blumhouse
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (792 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a slow-burn crime-tinged drama about family loyalty and escalating lies, with mounting stress and tough choices; Not for you if you hate frustrating decisions or need airtight realism like The Skeleton Key.
Pros: tense moral dilemma; strong performances; steady suspense | Cons: implausible choices; slow at times; divisive ending
Themes
- remake
- parenthood
- woman director
- falling in lake
Cast & crew
Peter Sarsgaard
as Jay Logan
Mireille Enos
as Rebecca Logan
Joey King
as Kayla Logan
Cas Anvar
as Sam Ifrani
Patti Kim
as Detective Kenji Tagata
Nicholas Lea
as Detective Rodney Barnes
Devery Jacobs
as Brittany Ifrani
Dani Kind
as Trini
Alan van Sprang
as Greg
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
as Band Member
Directed by Veena Sud