Beautiful Lies

2010

1h 45m

Comedy

Romance

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39%

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28 Reviews

46%

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500+ Ratings

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her mother.

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Aug 12, 2011

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Independent (UK)

Rated: 1/5

Aug 12, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Winsome in the extreme and a bit chauvinist too.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 12, 2011

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Sarah Manvel

Critic's Notebook

Immediately reminds you of half a dozen other better movies.

Aug 9, 2018

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

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.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2011

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Philip Concannon

The Skinny

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.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 24, 2011

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Liam D

A perfect pleasant romcom that doesn’t try to be anything groundbreaking which is the film’s biggest success

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Serge L

Beautiful to see these guys getting entangled in the lies. More hilarious at the beginning and then get more serious toward the end, although still amusing. Fun to watch but in real life, I would give them a shake.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/17/21

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Très bien! J'adore Audrey Tautou.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

As lovely as other films from Audrey Tautou. But the absurd mother is far too irrational.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Pierre Salvadori

Director

Audrey Tautou

Émilie Dandrieux

Nathalie Baye

Maddy Dandrieux

Sami Bouajila

Jean

Stéphanie Lagarde

Sylvia

Judith Chemla

Paulette

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Synopsis

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her mother.

Director: Pierre Salvadori
Screenwriter: Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Pierre Salvadori
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (DVD): Dec 20, 2011
Runtime: 1h 45m