Where the Truth Lies

R

2005

1 hr. 48 min.

Drama

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41%

100 Reviews

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46%

25,000+ Ratings

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An ambitious reporter (Alison Lohman) probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).

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Critics Consensus

The belabored noir plotting feels unbelievable, thus removing any sense of suspense. Also, Lohman is badly miscast.

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William L

The butler did it. Oh yeah, and Colin Firth's character tries to screw Kevin Bacons character. Have fun.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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david f

I wanted to like this film but it was kind of a garbled soap opera/mystery. What I liked about it was: the lush, string-heavy score, the way the camera crept around magisterially entering rooms, and Colin Firth's ultra-modern Los Angeles home, played by the Stahl House. It had a little sexy fun here and there but the plot was confusing and it didn't help that it had a bunch of avant garde narrative techniques like frames and flashbacks.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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1.20.19 dvd @ home w/Sh & J

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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This got my head spinning about half way through as the plot was to heavy even Poirot would have trouble working it all out. I stuck with it and there was a little twist at the end with Alison Lohman playing Miss Marples. Odd scene with Colin Firth trying to enter Kevin Bacons rear passage in a weird threesome. Bacon didn't like that. I read Alison Lohman took some stick for her performance but she was fine. It passed me by , I forgot this soon after watching. What were that duo Firth and Bacon? Like Ant and Dec? I dunno really.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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muzz m

Could have been better without the flat, uninspired performance of Alison Lohman. A decent whodunnit that was worth sitting thru for the twist ending. Irony in the title, it becomes apparent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Potentially "exciting" for repressed US audiences, but thoroughly dull for the rest of the world. I didn't care about any of the self-indulgent characters or what happened to them. Didn't even care about the blackmailing "victim". Waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Atom Egoyan

Director

Kevin Bacon

Lanny Morris

Colin Firth

Vince Collins

Alison Lohman

Karen O'Connor

Rachel Blanchard

Maureen O'Flaherty

David Hayman

Reuben

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Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

The solution to the 'mystery' ... becomes anticlimactic.

Feb 2, 2006

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

A sodden, humorless mess full of lifeless performances (except for Lohman, whose work is just bad), purposeless convolutions, and lethargic pacing.

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A metaphysical whodunit

Sep 1, 2009

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Egoyan employs a keen sense of mise en scene to capture an atmosphere of '50s and '60s showbiz excess that percolates beneath the story of flawed people making tragic mistakes.

Rated: A-

Apr 19, 2009

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Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2008

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Synopsis

An ambitious reporter (Alison Lohman) probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).

Director: Atom Egoyan
Executive Producer: Colin Levanthal, Donald Starr, Daniel Taylor
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Production Co: Serendipity Point Films, Ego Film Arts
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $871.5K

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