2005 · drama · mystery · thriller
Where the Truth Lies
Directed by Atom Egoyan1h 47m2005
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Our read: Where the Truth Lies (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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