The Good Liar is less than the sum of its prestigious parts, but Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren keep the proceedings consistently watchable. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Working as an elf in a year round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. A stellar cast holds a sub par plot. "The Good Liar" requires something stricter than a standard spoiler warning.
Was it what you expected in a movie like this? Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen deliver an acting duet to die for in Bill Condon's delectably clever and civilized con-artist Yet Roy's debonair earnestness and Betty's homespun sparkle seem a nice match. If the movie weren't called "The Good Liar," we'd think: This.
The Good Liar Review: Roy Courtnay's (Ian McKellen) entire career is based on deception. Using false identities and elaborate manipulations, Roy and his partner-in-crime Vincent (Jim Carter) have made a handsome living by tricking gullible rich people. Roy's specialises in vulnerable and lonely women. Starring Helen "The Machine" Mirren, Ian "Randalf" McKellen. At its best, The Good Liar is the best BBC America/BritBox movie ever to be released in theaters. At its worst, you realize that Ian McKellen and Oscar Winner Helen Mirren are slumming (yes.
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The Good Liar Review: McKellen & Mirren Face Off in Twisty Thriller. It might not break the mold, but there's a depth and Nobody takes the story for a con artist movie at face value; the idea of plot twists and turns are inherent to the sub-genre. The Good Liar seems to understand this all too well and.
It's The Good Liar's destination, though, that will leave audiences in varying levels of confusion, apathy, and/or frustration. You can almost see The Good Liar's balloon deflate before your eyes, as plot holes, incongruities, and convenient coincidences start to taint the twists and turns. THR review: In 'The Good Liar,' Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren play a con artist and the wealthy widow he targets. The Good Liar is far from a disaster but it often comes off as something equally dreaded, and considerably duller: inconsequential and unnecessary.