Without a doubt, the story of these young people is a moving story and has great potential to achieve a quality cinematic drama but, clearly, it would be interesting to see a different version of it. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 17, 2023

Other than some war set pieces, fish-out-of-water montages, and an uplifting message about the human spirit, there’s not much going on.

| Sep 13, 2022

The Good Lie weaves a powerful tale of family and survival in the midst of trial. It's an impactful film thats well-worth your time.

| Feb 11, 2022

A well-intentioned, feel good movie, nicely performed by Witherspoon and the Sudanese cast - Duany and Oceng are stand-outs - that is more successful at raising a smiles than awareness.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 2, 2021

Possesses such a richness of and a faith in humanity that it's practically impossible to watch the film without tearing up a bit.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020

Philippe Falardeau directs a script by Margaret Nagle, and both are aware of the correct approach with this material.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 17, 2020

Within it you can see the misty outline of the great movie it could have been if only the producers had possessed the courage (or possibly the studio backing) to forgo the lure of an A-list headliner.

| Mar 17, 2018

Deeply moving and pretty much compulsory viewing.

| Oct 30, 2017

This deeply-moving, finely executed film is not just a must-see, but a reminder at a time when immigration is a key election issue that party politics can be as misleading as a movie poster.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2017

A credible, engaging and beautiful moral drama that is unusually smart for a Hollywood studio picture.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 12, 2016

This is humble and subtle filmmaking and is a must watch.

| Mar 1, 2016

[The three central brothers] performances add an authenticity to a story that's clearly put through the Hollywoodisation machine but never feels dishonest.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2015

Strong performances from Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany and Emmanuel Jal ensure that the characters of Mamere, Jeremiah and Paul are never reduced to "exotic" victimhood.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 26, 2015

A Unesco educational resource cast in the style of an unreconstructed 1970s sitcom.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 25, 2015

The bond between Carrie and these "lost boys" makes for a sincere, simplistic and poignant tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 24, 2015

Ultimately, it's a decent, well-meaning insight into the plight of the so-called Lost Boys (actually 3,600 Sudanese boys and girls) who were found...thanks to Uncle Sam.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015

Reece Witherspoon's presence as an indomitable Kansas City charity worker may be its main selling point, but the heart of this fact-based drama is the long journey taken by a group of refugees from the Sudanese civil war.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015

This timely, light comic study of what it means to be a refugee makes for a refreshingly un-hectoring watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015

It is a warm-hearted picture, and its flaws are forgiveable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015

The challenges of America's welfare system give this impeccably honourable film a vivid set of hurdles to surmount, and it doesn't feel overegged or excessively sentimentalised.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2015