L.I.E. (Wide Screen)
Stars: Paul Franklin Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, James Costa, Brian Cox, Brian Cox, Marcia DeBonis, Tony Donnelly, Adam Lefevre, Walter Masterson
Director: Michael Cuesta
Summary: Howie, a fifteen-year-old boy starts to spend too much time with his delinquent friends after his mother dies. When Howie meets Big John, an ex-marine, he discovers a secret that connects them to each other...
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| Aspect Ratio: |
Anamorphic Wide Screen |
| Main Language: |
English |
| Region: |
Region 0 |
| Special Features: |
Star And Director Filmographies, Scene Selection, Ali Catterall Film Notes, Deleted Scene, Audio Commentary From Director Michael Cuesta And Actor Brian Cox, Original Theatrical Trailer |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Release Date: |
April 28, 2003 |
| Runtime: |
95 minutes |
| Certification: |
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| Catalogue Number: |
T V D 3403 |
| Keywords: |
General, Lie, Wide, Screen, I, Drama, E, L |
| Genre: |
Drama |
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L.I.E.features quietly electrifying performances from newcomer Paul Franklin Dano and criminally underrated veteran Brian Cox (best known on the big screen as the original Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter), as a neglected teenager and his paedophile acquaintance respectively.
Fifteen-year-old Howie derives no support from the inept parenting of his widower father and instead seeks solace and companionship firstly with a group of delinquent burglar friends and subsequently with the former marine Big John, whose complex makeup--part father-figure, part Fagin, part Svengali, part abuser--leads Howie into an ambivalent relationship in which there are no easy answers or straightforward notions of right and wrong. The premise of the movie is thrown into sharp relief by the cosy New Jersey setting, all neatly-manicured lawns and cool interiors. Indeed, the most striking images in the film are the burglary scenes, in which Howie's furtive, awkward presence in the sterile blandness of his victims' uncluttered homes forms a double-edged metaphor for both the security and the anodyne mediocrity of the society from which he feels so alienated. --Roger Thomas
