Millie Lies Low

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Millie Lies Low

2023

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

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Millie, an architecture student from Wellington, New Zealand, has landed a competitive internship with a prestigious firm in New York. After telling everyone she knows about the opportunity, she suddenly suffers a panic attack as her plane is about to take off, and misses her flight. In a desperate pivot, Millie decides to save face by hiding in plain sight around Wellington, suitcase in tow, using Instagram and the power of denial to depict a trip to New York City that never happened. Trapped in a spiral of hilariously uncomfortable self-inflected scenarios, Millie will have to dig deep to restore her mental health and her dignity. Praised for capturing "the chaotic self-destruction of Fleabag and the anxious missteps of Eighth Grade," (FilmDaze), Millie Lies Low is a poignant cringe comedy for our time.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

In the end, the movie far too easily waves away the potential interpersonal damage Millie has caused.

Jun 29, 2023

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

An enjoyable although not necessarily deeply probing film, Millie Lies Low is a charming but perhaps not exactly memorable way to kill an hour and a half or so.

Aug 18, 2022

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

A shrewd and promising debut.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 16, 2022

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Kevin Harley

Radio Times

Mixing pathos into painful cringe comedy sequences, Savill's satire of a chaotic shame spiral is guided by a winning streak of empathy.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2025

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Tim Brennan

About Boulder

Scenes run slightly too long, but too long in the right way. We watch Millie spinning a half truth, then a whole untruth, and by the time she’s gotten to a double untruth, we wonder if the person she’s dealing with believes her.

Jul 17, 2023

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Morris Yang

In Review Online

On the whole, Savill’s character study succeeds in evoking the dreadful loneliness of deceit without resorting to cheap schadenfreude.

Jul 3, 2023

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Maryam Z

Had high hopes, but Millie's spiral into madness and her fantasy world left me feeling very uncomfortable. Overall a very sickening portrayal of the modern social-media obsessed world-view.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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B G

This is a refreshingly unique film that I really enjoyed. Although Scotney is young, she displayed a sophisticated depth, maturity and complexity to Millie's character. I feel that there is a message of redeption in the film: That being honest and vulnerable will release you from the misery and loneliness of bullshit. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Ana Scotney's work.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/01/23

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Synopsis

Millie, an architecture student from Wellington, New Zealand, has landed a competitive internship with a prestigious firm in New York. After telling everyone she knows about the opportunity, she suddenly suffers a panic attack as her plane is about to take off, and misses her flight. In a desperate pivot, Millie decides to save face by hiding in plain sight around Wellington, suitcase in tow, using Instagram and the power of denial to depict a trip to New York City that never happened. Trapped in a spiral of hilariously uncomfortable self-inflected scenarios, Millie will have to dig deep to restore her mental health and her dignity. Praised for capturing "the chaotic self-destruction of Fleabag and the anxious missteps of Eighth Grade," (FilmDaze), Millie Lies Low is a poignant cringe comedy for our time.

Director: Michelle Savill
Producer: Desray Armstrong, Angela Littlejohn
Screenwriter: Eli Kent, Michelle Savill
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Sandy Lane Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.5K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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