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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 12 Nov 2019

A con-artist movie that is something of a con itself…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 12 Nov 2019

Flashes of violence are effectively jarring when juxtaposed with the chintzy cosiness of much of the film…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Nov 2019

The pleasure of The Good Liar, and it’s a major one, is the chance to watch Mirren and McKellen act together in a cat-and-mouse duet that…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 07 Nov 2019

Pleasant and preposterous in almost precisely equal measure, the film never offers anything less than two all-time British actors having the…

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By David Hughes (139) for Empire (3,446) on 07 Nov 2019

McKellen and Mirren, sharing the screen for the first time, are exquisitely matched in this slight but enjoyable yarn, which is like watching…

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By Jon Frosch (191) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Nov 2019

For all its nasty twists and turns, its fake-outs and flashbacks and pile-up of double-crosses, this story of an elderly con man and the wealthy…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 07 Nov 2019

Hoping to be a stylish, witty conman thriller, The Good Liar starts out as an amusing lark but fails to stay ahead of its audience, piling…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 07 Nov 2019

The Good Liar really wants to be either a thriller or a caper…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 07 Nov 2019

The film’s twists, alas, fall into one of two categories – the obvious and the tasteless – and the side-orders of gruesome violence feel…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 07 Nov 2019

This movie rattles along with terrific energy and dash and the flashback sequences show that it’s actually far more daring and ambitious…

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