The Trouble with the Truth
Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Jan 9, 2013
    88
    Part of the greatness of this film is that it not only avoids any simple answers, but it also takes us into the awkward contradictions and internal dishonesties that help us look at the mirror each day.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Sep 14, 2012
    80
    Thanks to the residual love and attraction between the pair, this cocktail-fueled reunion never descends into a "Virginia Woolf"-like grudge match but, rather, remains an equitable, tender, sometimes surprising game of hard truth-telling.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    Sep 12, 2012
    80
    There isn't a false note in either the dialogue or the performances. The characters as written and played have such intricate backstories, such complicated mixtures of motive, that their evening grows uniquely, movingly suspenseful.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Sara Stewart
    Sep 13, 2012
    75
    Thompson and Shea both dig into their intelligent, flawed characters with zeal.

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  1. netflic
    4
    FAKE. That is 4-letter "F" word that describes the movie. I wonder why it gets high critic score.
    While I was watching it I felt that actors     were repeating someone else's words making faces in the process.
    Sometimes a sentence would require time to process an answer but the answer followed faster than the previous one ended.
    If a movie like this is nothing but talk (which I don't mind) it should be done masterfully. This movie is not...    … Full Review »