…The Good Liar aims to keep us guessing, and just about makes it to the conclusion without any let-up in tension…a smart, well performed drama with a couple of vintage performances from the most respected of actors...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 12, 2024

Although some moments aren't for the faint of heart, The Good Liar is certainly worthy of a watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 26, 2022

Overall, The Good Liar is a good way to pass the time on a rainy afternoon in the fall but not a film you should rush out to see.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 5, 2021

It's a calmer, gentler mystery, and maybe that's the point. Sometimes it's the quiet death of a thousand cuts that's the most devastating.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 16, 2020

This highly entertaining mystery takes us through a series of sinuous plot turns... (Too many, some may feel). Its most enjoyable feature, however, is the delicious spectacle of screen veterans Mirren and McKellen going toe to toe.

| Aug 19, 2020

A joyously bleak thriller that seeks to prove that the finest actors in this country now have the freedom to grow old disgracefully on the screen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2020

I needlessly waste almost two hours of my life seeing this nonsense that on the surface appears to be complex with its criminal plot of mysteries and deceits. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 5, 2020

This was just a bad adaptation of a book.

| May 28, 2020

A fairly decent thriller.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2020

The Good Liar, starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, is a slow-winding mystery that comes to a head with an understated yet satisfying finale.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 24, 2020

Helen Mirren is fabulous, but we can't recommend it.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 9, 2020

It would take a good liar to tell you this succeeds as a taut thriller, but even that wouldn't be able to cover up the truth.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 6, 2020

Despite The Good Liar's many plot issues, it remains a cracker of a thriller that's worth a watch.

| Jan 23, 2020

It's hard to guess the motivations of the characters...Mirren and McKellen are always fun to watch, no matter the material, but this material is wobbly.

| Jan 13, 2020

The Good Liar is going to be a fall gem, it's a movie truly for adults in a growing sea of franchise tentpole releases this winter.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 10, 2020

Between their performances, Condon's handsome, confident direction and a fine score by Carter Burwell, the movie is well-crafted pleasure.

| Jan 6, 2020

Playing like a stage farce, this is one of those films where even the cast loses faith in a better outcome.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2020

Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are two of the best actors to come out of England but they're not enough to save this muddled, disappointing script.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 2, 2020

The Good Liar has all the ingredients to get your heart racing and your blood pumping: extortion, murder, stolen identity, even online dating. But the sum of its parts comes up far short of expectations.

| Dec 27, 2019

The film has more turns than what even a mummy's foot would be capable of. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 23, 2019