The Wizard of Lies
2017, Crime/Drama, 2h 13m
52 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsWhat to know
The Wizard of Lies doesn't really shed much new light on its fact-based story, but thanks to solid direction and a talented cast, it still proves consistently watchable. Read critic reviews
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Bernie Madoff
Ruth Madoff
Mark Madoff
Andrew Madoff
Stephanie Madoff
Catherine Hooper
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Critic Reviews for The Wizard of Lies
All Critics (52) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (14)
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At the end of the film, we might have a better understanding of how this giant Ponzi scheme unfolded, but we still have no idea why it happened-a significant shortcoming for an HBO movie with this kind of pedigree.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
It should come as no surprise that, through it all, De Niro's Madoff remains an enigma - an android-like con man prone to blank stares and remorseless, matter-of-fact statements when questioned about his reprehensible actions.
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Pfeiffer stole the show as Madoff's wife Ruth, nervously chain-smoking her way through a scandal she naively knew nothing about.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
The best scenes in "The Wizard of Lies" just put Mr. De Niro in a room opposite his co-stars, and let him go to work.
July 20, 2020 | Full Review… -
It's not a terrible piece of work, but the most you can claim for it is a kind of bloodless competence.
December 28, 2017 | Full Review… -
The Wizard of Lies is a movie with a terrible name and some mediocre aspects. But great central performances from two icons of the silver screen make it necessary watching.
May 24, 2017 | Full Review…
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At the end of the film, we might have a better understanding of how this giant Ponzi scheme unfolded, but we still have no idea why it happened-a significant shortcoming for an HBO movie with this kind of pedigree.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
It should come as no surprise that, through it all, De Niro's Madoff remains an enigma - an android-like con man prone to blank stares and remorseless, matter-of-fact statements when questioned about his reprehensible actions.
July 20, 2020 | Full Review… -
Pfeiffer stole the show as Madoff's wife Ruth, nervously chain-smoking her way through a scandal she naively knew nothing about.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
The best scenes in "The Wizard of Lies" just put Mr. De Niro in a room opposite his co-stars, and let him go to work.
July 20, 2020 | Full Review… -
The most damning thing one can say is that The Wizard of Lies does not raise genuinely troubling questions about the existing social order.
February 11, 2021 | Full Review… -
Like Ron Howard in "A Beautiful Mind" or "Genius," Levinson does whatever he can to make a static story pop to life.
July 20, 2020 | Full Review…
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