Where the Truth Lies
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6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  3. Negative: 3 out of 11

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  1. Kevin
    Mar 28, 2006
    3
    Doesn't really make narrative sense. Characters are never really fleshed out. Not such a good adaptation of an excellent book.

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Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    90
    Atom Egoyan has delivered a big, slick and sexy mystery in Where the Truth Lies, turning the Rupert Holmes novel into a sumptuous tale of show business hype and duplicity.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Atom Egoyan's most mainstream and genre-oriented picture in his 20-year career applies a thick noir lacquer to a jumbled, time-jumping tale of a young female journalist prying the facts out of the aging entertainers and their cronies.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    40
    The time shifts are awkward, and Egoyan displays little of the deftness of characterization he evinced in such movies as "Exotica" (1994) and "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997); the result is a cold scold of a movie.
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