Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Micransix Crappy film

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

begob This was a great experience until the balloon popped in a lame ending.A murder mystery that jumps between periods at the drop of a hat as we follow a comedy duo's involvement in the discovery of a body in the bath of their hotel suite.It's very twisty, but entertaining too, so I was happy to keep the cogs whirring in my brain as I tried to figure it out. Sadly the cogs span too fast, and I was way down Mulholland Dr when the director forced me into a U-turn and back to an Agatha Christie style reveal.My problem was I thought I spotted some synchronicity between the victim's age, the time lapse on Firth's decision to write, the victim's would-be age at the time her mother spoke, and the year in which the victim's father and the reporter's father died. Reporter is the victim's sister, and she's in some delusional revenge nightmare! Has to be, especially with the Lynchian through-the-looking-glass moment of Alice on stage. And the title screams Unreliable Narrator. Yes?Nope. I had to ditch that and listen to Madame Poirot explain the plot in every, earnest detail.Most of it was great, some good laughs, but a big fat disappointment.

Uriah43 A comedy team has made it big and while at the pinnacle of their success a dead woman's body is found in their suite. Although both of them seem to have adequate alibis there is something about the story that doesn't quite add up and hovers over them for the rest of their careers. Meanwhile, many years later, a journalist decides to write a book about them and gradually uncovers clues which the entertainers had hoped to keep secret. A couple of criticisms I have with it concerned the narratives of the events which seemed to take some of the surprise out of the film since everyones knows that a particular person will survive whatever happens. Another criticism is that I felt I was watching a cheap and tawdry parody of the comedy team of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. They were made to look bad enough as it was but I felt the director (Atom Egoyan) went too far when he threw in a graphic homosexual scene where Colin Furth ("Vince") tries to mount Kevin Bacon ("Lanny"). Same thing with the sex scene involving "Karen" (Alison Lohman) and "Bonnie" (Sonja Bennett). At one time directors were talented enough to get the audience to use their imagination without having to resort to such sordid tactics. No doubt some folks might think it's important or erotic but I didn't care for it. Neither did I particularly care for seeing Kevin Bacon's buttocks. But again, I guess the director felt it was necessary for some odd reason. Be that as it may, while I thought the acting was adequate overall, this was a film made more remarkable by the story itself rather than any overwhelming performance by any of the actors involved. In short, I would say this movie was about average but could have been much better if it had been directed differently.

kadriuus That was truly awful.There was so much wrong with this movie that I just don't know where to begin. The plot is totally predictable and as far away from being believable it can get. Watching Alison Lohman in this movie was painful - the way she looks and speaks, you just can't make yourself believe that anyone of the other characters should take her character seriously. I just kept wondering why Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon agreed to take part in this nightmare. And then again, why of why was Alison Lohman picked to play this role?!? As awful as she is, she shouldn't get the whole credit for ruining this effort. The whole story is something like an unhealthy mix of Miss Marple stories and a bit of drugs, alcohol and soft-porn action, full of clichés and easy answers.

sergepesic Oh, what a difference bad casting decision can make. " Where the truth lies" had such a great potential. Two very strong leading actors, Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth, intriguing story, creative director, but... The catastrophic acting of Alison Lohman sabotaged the whole thing. The utter lack of artistic presence, wobbly, girlish voice, completely at odds with the part. There are thousands of talented young actresses, and why in the world would you cast her. There was no saving this movie after that bad decision. Two leading protagonists were doing their very best, lovely camera work brought us back to the times long gone. But to no avail.What a shame.