The Good Liar

  • Theatrical - Wide 2019-11-15
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7/10

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A story about a cat-and-mouse game, Liar centers on career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) who can’t resist one last score when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online. As the woman opens her home and life to him, the... See more man is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into a treacherous tightrope walk as not all is what is seems.

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Posted 6 years ago
PLOT: An elderly, smooth-talking con man (Ian McKellen) romances his way into the good graces of a lonely widow (Helen Mirren) intending to rob her blind, but is she as naïve as she seems? REVIEW: I’m not sure I’ve ever...
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Review: The Good Liar

Posted 6 years ago
PLOT: An elderly, smooth-talking con man (Ian McKellen) romances his way into the good graces of a lonely widow (Helen Mirren) intending to rob her blind, but is she as naïve as she seems? REVIEW: I’m not sure I’ve ever...

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Review: The Good Liar

PLOT: An elderly, smooth-talking con man (Ian McKellen) romances his way into the good graces of a lonely widow (Helen Mirren) intending to rob her blind, but is she as naïve as she seems? REVIEW: I’m not sure I’ve ever...
Posted 6 years ago

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