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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 27 Oct 2005

This intriguing Brit entry starts out as a sort of suburban whodunit and then mutates into something else entirely -- an examination of a middle-class…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 27 Oct 2005

Separate Lies would have you believe it's a potent brew when, in fact, it's little more than weak tea…

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By Alan Dale (91) for Blogcritics.org (91) on 25 Oct 2005

Fellowes is so committed to the artistic means of naturalism, and so judicious, that his work is absorbing in a way that movies of broader…

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By Markb. (197) on 23 Oct 2005

Screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who gingerly but sardonically peeled the lid off uppercrust indiscretions and worse in Gosford Park, does so…

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By Phoebe Flowers (256) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 20 Oct 2005

The movie actually begins with a voiceover explaining, 'No life is perfect, though it may seem to be.' Um, wow. Excuse me while I go stop the presses…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 20 Oct 2005

If you need proof that the British are different from the rest of us, look no farther than the thought-provoking Separate Lies, a chilly, intelligent…

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By Bruce Westbrook (223) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 20 Oct 2005

It's as grown-up as a movie can get, with a fine cast in a strongly crafted tale about the calamities that can wreck a relationship and the…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 19 Oct 2005

The sort of story that has so much integrity of storytelling technique on its mind that it pays little heed to its essential lack of satisfaction…

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By Frank Houston (26) for Palm Beach Daily News (26) on 19 Oct 2005

Wilkinson roars through Separate Lies with all the bitter tenacity of a successful man blindsided by the news that everything in his life is…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 18 Oct 2005

Workaholic James Manning's last name seems meaningful, at least as a verb…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 14 Oct 2005

Fellowes (the writer of Robert Altman's Gosford Park) smartly doesn't allow the story to get out of control, rather, tells it straight retaining…

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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 14 Oct 2005

It's a rare film that makes you both think and feel…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 13 Oct 2005

The characters shift positions and explanations, presenting their 'separate lies' in a manner that ultimately adds up to an ugly truth…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Oct 2005

A witty, insightful drama about the compromises people make and what those compromises cost them…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 12 Oct 2005

Rich with irony and themes; never contrived; Fellowes is a mature, intelligent, in-control filmmaker…

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By Paula Nechak (219) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 12 Oct 2005

The most fascinating aspect of the film is how the point of view shifts -- each character, as seen through another's eyes, is something else entirely…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Oct 2005

This morally ambiguous tale of dangerous liaisons and bewildering choices amounts to one of the year's most intriguing dramas…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 12 Oct 2005

A challenging, intelligent adult chiller…

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By Bill Muller (519) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 12 Oct 2005

Although the characters might seem controlled, Wilkinson and Watson ... lend realism to the roles, and we believe they could be a married couple…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 12 Oct 2005

If movies have taught us anything, it's that adultery is never more dreary than when the British are doing it. Especially when they're rich…

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