The Good Liar

Read between the lies.

A career con artist can hardly believe his luck when he meets a well-to-do widow online. As she opens her home and life to him, he is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.

110 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Who’s fooling who here?....

Credits

Cast	Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Lily Dodsworth-Evans
Director	Bill Condon
Screenplay	Jeffrey Hatcher, from the novel by Nicholas Searle
Music	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Tobias A. Schliessler
Editing	Virginia Katz
Made in	2019
Produced by	RON Studios, New Line Cinema, Creative Wealth Media Finance

IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Strong impact, frequent, as exclamations and outbursts. Justified within the context of this drama and authenticates character and plot development.
Nudity	Low impact, isolated incident of brief naked breast, in non-sexual conduct.
Sex	None
Violence	Strong, frequent, realistic includes blood, accentuated by sound effects.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Contains scenes of sexual violence.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for some strong violence, and for language and brief nudity
Runtime	109
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Very strong language, Strong violence, Gory image, Sexual violence, Nudity
Runtime	109
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
RSG Leon van Nierop THE GOOD LIAR is ‘n kinkel-rolprent wat rondomtalie kapperjol met jou breinselle en jou dikwels om die bos lei. Nie al die misleidings werk nie, want deurwinterde fliekgangers sal gou deur die tegnieke sien, maar THE GOOD LIAR is prima-vermaak. Dit is slim, deurdag, stylvol, boeiend en vol kinkels.	14
Metacritic.com 31 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 118 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	13
CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Not much for kids in mature, unexpectedly violent thriller.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy Mirren and McKellen are delightful in their respective roles and that clearly helps mitigate the darker turn that suddenly shows up in the third act.	13
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 30 users	9
Rottentomatoes users 2826 users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	17
IMDB 3100 Netizens	13
The Movie DB Community	13
Average .. 64%	13