Where the Truth Lies

[dangermousie]

Saw Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies last night (with Colin Firth, Kevin Bacon and Alison Lohman).

What a deeply interesting, deeply dark, and deeply flawed movie. I am still processing. Whoa.

The acting by Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon (especially Bacon) is amazing. I'd say Oscar-level but this movie is way too offbeat to ever generate Oscar buzz.

The scenes with Maureen's mother (Maureen is a girl whose murder broke up Firth and Bacon's partnership) are especially good. And Kevin Bacon manages to be surprisingly appealing in spots despite being a scummy potential murderer with 70s hair because of a certain inner deep vulnerability and charm. You can see why girls used to jump in bed with his character.

This movie would have totally deserved the NC-17 rating by the way. It made "Y Tu Mama Tambien" look like "Witness." In context, it was enough to put you off sex for a week. :P

Oh, and because I have Veronica Mars on the brain, this could really be a basis for a VERY twisted Logan and Duncan story. Yikes.

Comments

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the review; I was looking forward to reading what you thought of the film. I think I would like to see this, but I think I will wait for the DVD. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I've started the book, I recommend it instead. So much fun.

[jammer77.livejournal.com]

I've heard great things about Bacon in this role. I think it might be a good rental.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he was the best thing about the movie. If you rent it, you could ff the orgies (or slo-mo instead :P)