The Good Lie
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- Common Sense Age 13+
- Critics Consensus 86%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 1 Hour 49 Minutes
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4.0 • 319 Ratings
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Oscar-winning producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer team up with the producer of The Blind Side in this uplifting true story that follows a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who relocates to the United States with three other "lost boys." Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman (Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon) assigned to help them. But the young man not only struggles with his new life, but also with feelings of guilt about the family that he left behind in war-torn Africa.
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- Rent $2.99
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Oscar-winning producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer team up with the producer of The Blind Side in this uplifting true story that follows a young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who relocates to the United States with three other "lost boys." Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman (Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon) assigned to help them. But the young man not only struggles with his new life, but also with feelings of guilt about the family that he left behind in war-torn Africa.
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- Rent $2.99
- Buy $9.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: 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.
Heartbreaking but hopeful drama about Sudanese Lost Boys.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Philippe Falardeau
- Screenwriter
- Margaret Nagle
Information
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2014 Black Label Media, LLC.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, CC)
- Additional
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French (Canada) (Stereo), French (France) (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.