The Good Lie
Taste attributes: dramabiographyslowheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
"Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing."
Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a rough-edged drama, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Alcon Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
