Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, Corey Stoll, Kuoth Wiel |
| Director |
Philippe Falardeau |
| Screenplay | Margaret Nagle |
| Music | Martin Leon |
| Cinematography | Ronald Plante |
| Editing | Richard Comeau |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2014 |
| Produced by | Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media, Blue Sky Films, Good Lie Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Reliance, Reliance Entertainment |
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| Suggested age limit 13 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Leslie Felperin  True ordeal of the Sudanese immigrants. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Anél Viktor Vlugtelinge smeek om méér. | 10 | |
| Cape Times Leslie Felperin True ordeal of the Sudanese immigrants. | 15 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The narrative trajectory is uneven; character identification is limited and there's little dramatic momentum. Although there are some crowd-pleasing episodes and a few amusing fish-out-of-water vignettes, the movie's emotional impact is surprisingly weak for a story that ventures into such deep, churning waters. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs I was surprised by how much I was moved and entertained by this film, and I think many a moviegoer might just have the same reaction. Slightly playing off the feared stereotypes of such a tale but bucking the odds in terms of preventing any of that from being stereotypical or offensive, The Good Lie is good old-fashioned storytelling that truly works. And that's no fib. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 30 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 65 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Good Lie sacrifices real-life nuance in order to turn its true story into a Hollywood production, but the results still add up to a compelling, well-acted, and deeply moving drama. | 17 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 14 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation eartbreaking but hopeful drama about Sudanese Lost Boys. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 8 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 10866 users | 15 | |
| Internet 659 Netizens Touching story | 14 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 | |