L.I.E. Reviews
April 7, 2020
The performances across the board are superb, with Cox giving one of the very best of the year.
January 2, 2018
Even in its least interesting moments, L.I.E should be credited for attempting to put an edgy kind of truth on camera.
March 31, 2008
A striking, unnerving coming-of-age film, "L.I.E." is the rare American movie that isn't afraid of ambiguity or confronting an audience's preconceptions.
December 27, 2007
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| Original Score: 3/4
December 30, 2006
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| Original Score: 4/5
December 6, 2005
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
January 12, 2004
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
November 19, 2003
...worth checking out for Cox's amazing performance...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
April 24, 2003
Cuesta has succeeded in making a clear and captivating narrative involving the issues of trust, loss and deceit, all of which take place within the space of a week.
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| Original Score: B+
March 11, 2003
Raises the bar on the coming-of-age story with a tightly focused portrait of a 15-year-old who looks for a father figure and finds his kindly neighborhood sexual predator.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
March 10, 2003
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| Original Score: 3/5
January 16, 2003
A story which never resorts to sensationalism in its troubling study of people wanting to find a way out.
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| Original Score: 3/5
December 16, 2002
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| Original Score: 76/100
December 8, 2002
Ultimately offers little satisfaction outside of the strong performances.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
November 4, 2002
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| Original Score: 4/5
July 12, 2002
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
June 29, 2002
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 5, 2002
It's a fiercely compelling tale, the acting is among the year's best, so I wish Cuesta had been content to leave it at that.
June 4, 2002
There were no breakthroughs.
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| Original Score: B
March 29, 2002
Cuesta never gives us the satisfaction of fulfilling our expectations; instead he gives us a movie that we can ponder long the road takes its final turn.
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| Original Score: 4/4