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A thoughtful and surprisingly layered documentary enlivened by its subject, An Honest Liar serves as a well-deserved tribute to a fascinating life.
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"An Honest Liar" is a fascinating look at what the truth means, and how it means different things to different people. It's also a reminder that no one has a monopoly on it. Not even the Amazing Randi. Apr 9, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
"An Honest Liar" is a fascinating look at what the truth means, and how it means different things to different people. It's also a reminder that no one has a monopoly on it. Not even the Amazing Randi.
Bill Goodykoontz
Anyone who can challenges faith healers, psychics and mediums who claim a special bond with the dead - and often wins those challenges - deserves a standing ovation. Mar 27, 2015 | Rating: 3.0
Anyone who can challenges faith healers, psychics and mediums who claim a special bond with the dead - and often wins those challenges - deserves a standing ovation.
Richard Roeper
Randi's story suggests a modern-day footnote to Herman Melville's novel The Confidence-Man, reflecting the strange interplay between show business, religion, and hucksterism in American life. Mar 20, 2015 | Full Review…
Randi's story suggests a modern-day footnote to Herman Melville's novel The Confidence-Man, reflecting the strange interplay between show business, religion, and hucksterism in American life.
Ben Sachs
Randi's a sly charmer, and an engaging guide through the film ... Mar 20, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Randi's a sly charmer, and an engaging guide through the film ...
Moira MacDonald
After getting to know the TV personality who unmasked psychics as simply magicians themselves, it makes getting to know the man behind the crusade even more powerful. Mar 20, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
After getting to know the TV personality who unmasked psychics as simply magicians themselves, it makes getting to know the man behind the crusade even more powerful.
Molly Eichel
Unexpectedly revelatory and deeply moving. Mar 20, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Unexpectedly revelatory and deeply moving.
Godfrey Cheshire
Weinstein and Measom's documentary is fascinating and enjoyable for the most part, but it's not without its flaws. Jun 20, 2019 | Full Review…
Weinstein and Measom's documentary is fascinating and enjoyable for the most part, but it's not without its flaws.
C.J. Prince
However, nothing compares to the momentum of a great story, and though "An Honest Liar" may occasionally get a little too crafty for its own good, when it works, it's pure magic. Nov 15, 2018 | Full Review…
However, nothing compares to the momentum of a great story, and though "An Honest Liar" may occasionally get a little too crafty for its own good, when it works, it's pure magic.
Stephen Saito
Comprehensive and fascinating, the filmmakers have crafted an engaging and entertaining portrait of a man who is paradoxically a likable and honest liar out to set the record straight. Jun 6, 2016 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Comprehensive and fascinating, the filmmakers have crafted an engaging and entertaining portrait of a man who is paradoxically a likable and honest liar out to set the record straight.
John Fink
An Honest Liar does entertainingly allow that for our peculiar species, true self-awareness sometimes requires a little self-deception. Jan 1, 2016 | Full Review…
An Honest Liar does entertainingly allow that for our peculiar species, true self-awareness sometimes requires a little self-deception.
Jonathan Kiefer
In the end, when all the shells have been shuffled and it's time to pull back the curtain, An Honest Liar is less about amazing you than it is about touching you. Dec 21, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
In the end, when all the shells have been shuffled and it's time to pull back the curtain, An Honest Liar is less about amazing you than it is about touching you.
Tom Meek
...a truly revelatory and touching endeavor. Jun 8, 2015 | Rating: 89/100 | Full Review…
...a truly revelatory and touching endeavor.
Philip Martin
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