
Variety
Consciously decides not to rub our noses in tarted-up awfulness, opting for steady-footed lensing and subdued music, then trusting our imaginations to fill in the horrors.
Full reviewA brash American woman (Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line) takes in a Sudanese refugee in this drama from French-Canadian director Philippe Falard (Monsieur Lazhar), making his English-language directorial debut.
Consciously decides not to rub our noses in tarted-up awfulness, opting for steady-footed lensing and subdued music, then trusting our imaginations to fill in the horrors.
Full reviewFor a while it’s a low-key fish-out-of-water comedy, then it morphs into a cumbrously sentimental tale of redemption.
Full reviewHas a core of decency, humanity and good will that feels authentic. You won’t curse yourself for occasionally tearing up.
Full reviewFully recognizes the problem of telling stories of black hardship through the prism of white charity, and does everything it can to avoid those pitfalls.
Full reviewA touching, generous-hearted movie, sensitively directed by Philippe Falardeau working with a smart, sly, long-gestated script by Margaret Nagle.
Full reviewThe Good Lie is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV.
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