Salacious rendering of what may or may not have been the story behind Dean and Jerry's break-up.
Where The Truth Lies (2005)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:40
Rotten:58
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: The belabored noir plotting feels unbelievable, thus removing any sense of suspense. Also, Lohman is badly miscast.
Theatrical Release:Oct 14, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $753,158
Synopsis: In the 50's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth) are the most beloved entertainers in America. A classic duo — Lanny is the manic comedian, while Vince is his cool and... In the 50's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth) are the most beloved entertainers in America. A classic duo — Lanny is the manic comedian, while Vince is his cool and collected straight man—the boys know how to make audiences roar with laughter at their jokes, or shed tears at one of their famous telethons. They are at the top of their game, wealthy, powerful, and enormously popular, when something terrible happens to threaten their success. Inexplicably, a dead beauty turns up in their hotel suite. Their reputations are sullied but, thanks to rock-solid alibis, neither is charged with the crime. Their partnership, on the other hand, is destroyed. Lanny and Vince manage to salvage separate careers, but years pass, with neither speaking to the other, or to anyone else, about the girl's death. The reason for the break-up of Morris and Collins becomes one of show business' greatest mysteries. Fifteen years later, in the 1970's, up and coming writer Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), decides to turn this cold case into a hot story. This includes the discovery of a kinky menage-a-trois that may have led to a murder, Karen unravels a serpentine, shocking tale of talent and treachery, love and lust, buried secrets and betrayed trust. WHERE THE TRUTH LIES is written and directed by Atom Egoyan, produced by Robert Lantos, and stars Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman and Rachel Blanchard. -- © ThinkFilm [More]
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
Director: Atom Egoyan
Director: Atom Egoyan
Studio: ThinkFilm
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Reviews for Where The Truth Lies
A nicely crafted piece of work, an odd departure for Egoyan, but another step forward in the long journey toward truly showing sex in cinema.
A fascinating ride through morally ambiguous territory to a place you've never been before.
Has a soft-porn hue that sculpts its narrative into a sordid rainbow of slimy emotion.
The film jumps back and forth in time, and the narrative is too splintered.
A sodden, humorless mess full of lifeless performances (except for Lohman, whose work is just bad), purposeless convolutions, and lethargic pacing.
Badly cast, insanely plotted, with a bombastic score that makes the work of Max Steiner sound like a Bach cantata, the film also suffers because it has absolutely no feel for the historical periods it's set in,
The difference between a good potboiler and a bad one comes down to tone, and Egoyan chooses the wrong approach.
Egoyan's uncharacteristic bid for the mainstream flames out on many levels, but it's hard not to stare with fascination at the dying embers.
A steamy thriller about celebrities misses the mark with its lack of interesting characters.
Nailing comedian Lanny Morris’ sleazy come-ons and barely veiled air of pained regret, Bacon has rarely been better.
The key strategic misstep should be obvious already: this is a movie that wants us to think about Jerry Lewis having sex.
Canadian filmmakers tend to expose their limitations when they mimic American pop, and Atom Egoyan is no exception
Sex, drugs, intrigue, murder, extortion, betrayal -- it's all in there, every which way.
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