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  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary In South Korea, an affair begin between two individuals who meet through a personal ads. J (Lee) is 38-year-old married man and Y (Kim) is a young girl of 18 who wants to lose her virginity. As things progress, the two find themselves in the realms of obssession and sadomasochism.

Directed By: Jang Sun-woo

Written By: Jung-Il Chang, Jang Sun-woo

  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2000
  • Cowboy Booking International
  • 1 h 52 m

Lies

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary In South Korea, an affair begin between two individuals who meet through a personal ads. J (Lee) is 38-year-old married man and Y (Kim) is a young girl of 18 who wants to lose her virginity. As things progress, the two find themselves in the realms of obssession and sadomasochism.

Directed By: Jang Sun-woo

Written By: Jung-Il Chang, Jang Sun-woo

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
47
40% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
27% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
47
40% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
27% Negative
4 Reviews

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100
Someone has finally done it -- made a sexually explicit feature that is also a genuine and harrowing work of erotic drama.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
At once distanced and heedless, Lies manages to be lighter and less pretentious than any description suggests. The movie's playful aspect can't be denied.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
67
It's a film so filled with sex and violence that many critics have derided it as nothing short of hardcore porn.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
50
An uninvolving film.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
40
The daring but only partly successful Korean film Lies is built around voyeurism.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
25
This sexually explicit South Korean drama aims more to jolt than to illuminate, but it illustrates an aspect of Asian cinema that globally minded moviegoers should know about as films from that region take on more international prominence.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
0
In slightly less than 1,000 years, the competition for worst film of the third millennium will be fierce. Yet the smart money may well be on the Korean art film Lies.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Korea Films, Shin Cine Communications
Release Date Nov 17, 2000
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Awards

Uruguay International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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