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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisComprising small, near-perfect scenes played out largely at dinner tables and on couches, The Lie wonders if it's possible to rewrite lives and remake choices.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Lie is dark enough, but it has affection for its characters and doesn't destroy them. It paints them in three fallible human dimensions, and the actors are warm and plausible.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe Lie's payoff strikes an unexpected, refreshingly open note that makes this slight little indie more resonant than its scale suggests. The line this couple is about to cross is significant, and the film takes it seriously.
- 65MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeEmbedded in The Lie is a sharp look at the moral limbo of a complacent life, the self-defeat of committing by halves, the self-interest of false equivalencies - but only the shallowest attempts are made to chip its themes out.
- Likeably shaggy, it has arthouse appeal and a winning cast.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierIt doesn't try too hard, but what The Lie is working at, in its unassuming, amusing way, is a mini-portrait of growing pains in a time of extended adolescence. The truth is, that kind of thing is never easy, no matter what age.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThe movie meanders like its dissatisfied, part-time pothead protagonist, not wisely but too well.
- 30Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonWeixler is an alert, mobile comedienne who deserves better than this awkward pause, nervous stammer, social-anxiety comedy.
- 25Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerIt's hard to say which is worse: the unfunny caricatures or the indulgent soul-searching.