Where is the Lie?
WHERE IS THE LIE is a really good film. A look at love in the modern age it’s based on a true story film where a woman named Jazen breaks up with her boyfriend. Turning to a dating app she meets the perfect guy who ends up ghosting her. However, what is going on is something else entirely.
I don’t know all of the details of the actual events, and I don’t really care because what is on screen in WHERE IS THE LIE is really good. A look at life and dating in today’s world shines a light on a lot of places that we may not be contemplating, such as catfishing games set up by people with too much time on their hands. It’s the sort of thing that makes me glad I’m too old for those sorts of games.
I really liked WHERE IS THE LIE. The cast headed up by EJ Jallorina is super. We really like pretty much everyone and they pull us into all the mystery of what is going on. I was hooked early and when it was done I wanted to go back and take another ride.
One of the things that I loved was that this film which is very much tied to technology and apps actually manages to use the cinema screen to replicate what we the characters are seeing on their phones and devices. This may not sound like much but more and more in films, we are flashed visuals that are supposed to be a phone or tablet or computer screen, and more often than not the filmmakers don’t manage to make it movie friendly. Yes, we are seeing what the characters are doing but it’s not cinematic. It’s intrusive with a lot of stuff we don’t need. Here director Quark Henares designs the shots so that we both get a sense of what is on the screens the characters are looking at but we also get something that works cinematically. That may sound like a small thing but it’s not, because too often the technology shots simply don’t blend into the film as a whole.
This is a super film. I had a good time. It made me laugh and it made me think about love, the madness of these times, and the crazy things people do.
I want to say more but I don’t want to give anything away. There are a couple of turns I didn’t see coming and I don’t want to spoil anything.
This is a gem.
Diana’s integration into the family lands somewhere between awkward and essential. Husband Felix and young daughter Roberta (they call her Bobs) are caught in the middle, allowing for gaslighting from Felix and growing distrust from Bobs. Add in the class distinction with Christine and her family living in a lavish mansion, while Diana arrives with nothing but a single suitcase, mostly filled not with clothing. Writer-director Lorcan Finnegan utilizes flashbacks of Diana’s life to illustrate the glaring contrast. Little by little, the audience begins to piece things together, but not before being disturbed by the effects of Diana’s folk healing methods.
As the story progresses and the truth reveals itself, your view of each character shifts. Eva Green plays Chrissy with both a manic and ruthless angle. She is a master at living inside the skin of a character, and Christine is no exception. Chai Fonacier is Diana. This juicy role allows us to see Fonacier’s massive range. I would watch her in all the things, as they say.
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