Next up, the Amazon Original Film,

The Lie

97 Minutes, Rated R

Written and directed by Veena Sud (based on the film Wir Monster by Marcus Seibert and Sebastien Ko). The Lie is part of Amazon’s “Welcome to the Blumhouse” event for October.

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Synopsis:

A divorced mother and father find themselves trapped in a living nightmare when their daughter confesses to murder in The Lie, a gripping psychological thriller about the lengths parents will go to in order to protect their child. While driving his 15-year-old daughter Kayla (Joey King) and her best friend Brittany (Devery Jacobs) to a weekend retreat in the dead of winter, aging rocker Jay (Peter Sarsgaard) pulls over to the side of the road for a quick bathroom break.

Although the two girls enter the surrounding woods together, only Kayla returns. Terrified she could be tried as an adult, Jay and his ex-wife Rebecca (Mireille Enos) cover up Kayla’s crime with a web of lies and deceit. But the truth won’t stay buried, and as one mistake leads to another, the desperate parents discover that what actually happened in those icy woods is more shocking than they imagined.
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The Lie stars Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard, Cas Anvar, Devery Jacobs, and Joey King.

The Lie feels like a movie we’ve seen before, but the premise is still intriguing enough to build off of. (I reviewed a short film last month with a similar concept: “what would you do to protect your child?” The film was called Lancaster Park.)

The idea of a broken home and some questionable choices and actions by both parents and children is universal, so some of the actions that take place here are understandable (especially to those of us with kids), but sometimes those choices make no sense at all.

The Lie is available on Amazon Prime Video beginning October 6 (you can use the [PAID AD] link here).

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