A mood of lush romantic decadence -- sleaze made enigmatic -- hovers over Where the Truth Lies, which has a score that works so hard to evoke "Vertigo" that it may leave you dizzy.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Kevin Bacon is on a roll right now after several good roles, and here he channels diabolical sleaze while mugging joylessly before the telethon cameras.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
The real reason to see it is its style, which sets an otherwise fairly unremarkable whodunit in a seedy, lite-Lynchian wonderland that's enjoyable to hang out in for a while.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
A strange mix of showbiz whodunit and soft-core eroticism, with a couple of fine actors - Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth - wandering around stunned and stoned-looking, as if someone slipped them a mickey.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
In the end, it is Mr. Egoyan's fealty to the novel, its feints and dodges, that proves the film's undoing.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
It's compelling in the way many B-movies are - cheap, sleazy, and lacking the depth we have come to associate with this director.Read Full Review »
This showbiz Rashomon has continuity, as well as credibility, problems.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Canadian director Atom Egoyan delivers a rare misfire with Where the Truth Lies, a shockingly fatuous murder mystery with pseudo-intellectual pretensions.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
An erotic thriller. It is also an Atom Egoyan picture, which means any claims either to actual eroticism or conventional thrills are theoretical at best.Read Full Review »
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