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Cast
- Kevin BaconLanny
- Colin FirthVince
- Alison LohmanKaren
- David HaymanReuben
- Rachel BlanchardMaureen
- Maury ChaykinSally Sanmarco
- Sonja BennettBonnie
- Kristin AdamsAlice
- Deborah GroverMrs. O'Flaherty
- Beau StarrJack Scaglia
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Atom Egoyan has delivered a big, slick and sexy mystery in Where the Truth Lies, turning the Rupert Holmes novel into a sumptuous tale of show business hype and duplicity. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 70
L.A. Weekly
When conventional answers arrive, Where the Truth Lies seems as cheesy as its title -- but its disorienting layers of narrative make the double-entendre almost profound. - 60
Variety
Atom Egoyan's most mainstream and genre-oriented picture in his 20-year career applies a thick noir lacquer to a jumbled, time-jumping tale of a young female journalist prying the facts out of the aging entertainers and their cronies. - 50
The A.V. Club
Egoyan's sensibility doesn't quite fit the material. His trademark stone-faced austerity never bends to capture the black comedy in the dissonance between his characters' public and private lives. It almost demands a trashier approach. - 50
ReelViews
It's compelling in the way many B-movies are - cheap, sleazy, and lacking the depth we have come to associate with this director. - 50
New York Daily News
Egoyan's uncharacteristic bid for the mainstream flames out on many levels, but it's hard not to stare with fascination at the dying embers. - 50
The New York Times
In the end, it is Mr. Egoyan's fealty to the novel, its feints and dodges, that proves the film's undoing.
