The Lie

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Cast

Peter Sarsgaard

as Jay Logan

Mireille Enos

as Rebecca Logan

Joey King

as Kayla Logan

Cas Anvar

as Sam Ifrani

Patti Kim

as Detective Kenji Tagata

Nicholas Lea

as Detective Rodney Barnes

Devery Jacobs

as Brittany Ifrani

Dani Kind

as Trini

Alan van Sprang

as Greg

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll

as Band Member

Reviews

JPV852

Performances were pretty good if not unexceptional. The twist ending is pretty dark and I did have a queasy feeling throughout its entire 90-minute running time. However, despite being engaged with the story and characters, and I can't my finger on it, just something didn't quite gel. **3.0/5**...

tmdb15435519

I re-titled this, "The Making of a Serial Killer" with about 10 minutes left, then 5 minutes later changed my mind. Wow, what an insane ending....

Wuchak

**_Oh, what a tangled web we weave_** In an unspecified wintery city in New York, likely Buffalo, a musician father (Peter Sarsgaard) and his ex-wife, a lawyer (Mireille Enos), concoct a lie to save their daughter (Joey King) from serious legal ramifications, but one lie leads to another and... ...

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