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Beautiful Lies

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A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her mother.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 08/12/2011
2/5
Winsome in the extreme and a bit chauvinist too. Go to Full Review
Xan Brooks Guardian 08/11/2011
2/5
Only Sami Bouajila, playing the bemused, overeducated handyman-in-the-middle, emerges with his dignity relatively intact. Go to Full Review
Matt Bochenski Little White Lies 08/11/2011
2/5
This was an opportunity for Tautou to represent a new kind of romantic anti-heroine, but nobody seemed to be interested. Go to Full Review
Sarah Manvel Critic's Notebook 08/09/2018
Immediately reminds you of half a dozen other better movies. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 09/09/2011
3/5
Funciona muito bem até o instante em que decide que abraçar um romance hollywoodiano é mais importante do que respeitar a lógica de sua narrativa. Go to Full Review
Philip Concannon The Skinny 08/24/2011
2/5
By the time Salvadori has finally wrapped things up and paired off his characters in a predictable fashion, many viewers may feel that these foolish and tiresome individuals deserve each other. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 04/24/2024 A perfect pleasant romcom that doesn’t try to be anything groundbreaking which is the film’s biggest success See more 04/18/2014 The story of a good, kind man who ends up with nasty, spiteful liar at the end. It seemed like the story had a glimmer of promise, but seemed to fall apart bit by bit, until the end when you're sick and tired of it all. See more 08/31/2013 Très bien! J'adore Audrey Tautou. See more @Ollie1972 08/28/2013 Emilie Dandrieux (Audrey Tatou) owns a hairdressing salon, who receives a handwritten anonymous love letter one day. The person behind the letter is the shy handyman Jean (Sami Bouajila) who does all sorts of work at the salon. She dismisses the passionate letter at first, but when she realises that her mother Maddy (Nathalie Baye) is still distraught over the betrayal of her father, she decide to resend the letter to her mother to cheer her up. What follows is a series of misunderstandings and an awkward love triangle involving a man caught between two women who are mother and daughter... I have adored (still do) Audrey Tatou since "Amelie" and it´s hard to not get caught in her web of charm with her raven dark bob, doe-eyes and delicate appearance. However, when she is served a very unsympathetic character she kind of lose that charm no matter what, as in the case with Emilie Dandrieux. "De Vrais Mensonges" is very predictable, slightly unbalanced, stereotypical, simple in the structure and not that funny really. It´s only in the end the movie comes alive with some convincing emotions, but then it´s too late. Thus "De Vrais Mensonges" is not a must for Tatou fans. See more 04/27/2013 As lovely as other films from Audrey Tautou. But the absurd mother is far too irrational. See more 03/06/2013 I think most negative reviews were done by bad english subtitles because the original french version is great! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her mother.
Director
Pierre Salvadori
Producer
Philippe Martin
Screenwriter
Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Pierre Salvadori
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 20, 2011
Runtime
1h 45m