Little White Lies (2012)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 65
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 38
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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 19
No consensus yet.
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French box-office sensation Little White Lies is a sparkling comedic drama from Guillaume Canet, the writer-director of the worldwide smash hit Tell No One. Bringing together the top names from France's current generation of actors, including Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard and Francois Cluzet, Canet weaves a joyous and heartfelt film out of the dilemmas of eight thirty- and forty-something close friends. With its nostalgic soundtrack of classic hit songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis
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Cast
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François Cluzet
Max -
Marion Cotillard
Marie -
Benoît Magimel
Vincent -
Gilles Lellouche
Eric -
Jean Dujardin
Ludo -
Laurent Lafitte
Antoine -
Valérie Bonneton
Véro, Véro -
Pascale Arbillot
Isabelle -
Anne Marivin
Juliette -
Louise Monot
Léa, Léa -
Joel Dupuch
Jean-Louis -
Hocine Mérabet
Nassim -
Maxim Nucci
Franck -
Mathieu Chedid
Raphaël
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A sprawling, initially engaging French comedy-drama that became a hit in France but ultimately underwhelms.
Top CriticThe script is banal, but the acting company and the locations are easy on the eyes.
The overall tone of "Little White Lies" feels off, or maybe it just doesn't translate to American audiences.
At times, it's amusing. At times, it's tragic. At times, it's romantic. But, like many vacations, it's way, way too long.
As the movie wears on ... the melodrama amps up to a final scene capable of draining any remaining pathos.
Little White Lies wants to capture something momentous and meaningful in these people's lives. But ultimately it's hard to care.
"Little White Lies" is a bit too long, but has plenty of Gallic charm.
You go from sympathizing with [the characters] to wishing their time together would just end already.
By the end of the two-and-a-half hour running time, the combined efforts of the talented actors on board manage to produce a satisfying emotional finale.
A bloated, melodramatic and ultimately emotionally impenetrable affair, centering around a collection of Parisian friends whose bonds are tested when one of their group is involved in an automobile accident.
I just looked over the notepad on which I jotted my thoughts about the movie and I see that, at one point, for reasons I no longer remember, I was solving a math problem.
Who needs visual fireworks when you can just shoot a close-up of Marion Cotillard?
...plays a bit like "The Big Chill"...with Dujardin in the Costner role. It's too long and not all the stories work as well as others, but it does work as a series of shallow character studies coming together for a more in-depth group portrait.
Starts well but slides, and should have dropped at least one of the subplots.
It lasts an astonishing 154 minutes, pushing on so far past its expiration date that you'll squirm uncomfortably for the final act.
Audience Reviews for Little White Lies
Super Reviewer
Also, this is the first movie that ever made me cry in theatres.
I pretty much loved it and decided to overcome its flaws, which actually allow the viewer to omit them only if they have a heart. Cause this movie is going straight for yours.
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- Vincent: The crash was my fault?
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- Max: It's the landlord!
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Foreign Titles
- Kleine wahre Lügen (DE)
- Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) (UK)
