The Good Liar (2019)

★ 6.7 1h 49m 1,282 votes IMDb
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Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle takes on the ultimate stakes.

The Good Liar

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Cast

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren as Betty McLeish Age 81 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK Dame Helen Mirren (/ˈmɪrən/; born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov; July 26, 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting...
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen as Roy Courtnay Age 87 · Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and scienc...
Russell Tovey
Russell Tovey as Steven Age 44 · Billericay, Essex, England, UK Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor with numerous television, film and stage credits. Tovey is best known for playing the role of a werewolf, George Sands in the BBC's sup...
Jim Carter
Jim Carter as Vincent Age 78 · Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK James Edward Carter (born August 19, 1948) is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Downton Abbey (2010–2015) playing Mr Carson, a role that has earned him four nominations for the Primet...
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones as Bryn Age 61 · Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, Wales, UK Mark Lewis Jones is a Welsh film and television actor, born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music...
Laurie Davidson
Laurie Davidson as Hans Taub (1948) Age 34 · Dulwich, London, England, UK Laurie Davidson (born 1992) is an English actor. In 2016 he graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He played a fictionalised version of a young William Shakespeare in the...
Director Bill Condon
Cast Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Laurie Davidson, Phil Dunster, Lucian Msamati, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Tunji Kasim

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Manuel São Bento 7/10 Feb 19, 2020
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Exquisite performances from two all-time greats: Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. They carry the whole film on their shoulders, and it's mostly due to their extremely captivating displays that I genuinely enjoyed this movie. Unfortunately, its screenplay lacks believability and some creativity since the key components of the story are predictable from the get-go.

Rating: B
JPV852 5/10 Feb 20, 2020
Great performances from both McKellan and Mirren which isn't surprising, but the final act with the reveal of the twist might've been unpredictable, but I like my mystery-thrillers to throw in some clues leading up to it, which this one was out of left field. For the performances might be worth checking out, but the plot almost undid all that was working up until the reveal. **2.75/5**

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