A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.
Telling Lies in America has generally received mixed reviews.
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Telling Lies in America was released in 1997 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 19 reviews, giving Telling Lies in America (1997) an average rating of 54%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 71%.
With a score of 54%, Telling Lies in America is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like Kiss the Girls, In & Out and For Richer or Poorer.
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