The Lie (2018)

"A watchable tale of parental dread, propelled by a strong conceit and sustained tension - but let down by its outlandish twist."

""The Lie" is far from a total success, but it has enough tension and talent to make you hope that Blumhouse keeps aiming a quiet thriller or two at adults."

"At the heart of Veena Sud's film is the raw material for a potentially ingenious satirical domestic thriller."

"[A] humorless, woebegone, overwrought exercise in bourgeois cinematic misery-mongering."

"Very little about this movie works, in spite of a certain ambition in telling a story based solely on unfathomable decisions."

"It's well constructed and well-acted, but it falls apart when it comes to narrative. Very few will be unable to see the ending coming a mile away."

"Credit [director Veena] Sud for crafting enough doubt to at least keep some guessing until the dénouement."

"Honestly quite good, but telling cruel truths."

"This is all building somewhere, I promise - and I'm pretty sure you're not going to like it."

"What beleaguered divorcees Mireille Enos and Peter Sarsgaard engage in when trying to shield their daughter (Joey King) after she murders a schoolmate is probably better described as Black Hawk Down parenting."