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  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin (Camila Mendes) takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband Adam (Jessie T. Usher) are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception...

Directed By: Michael M. Scott

Written By: David Golden

  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m

Dangerous Lies

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin (Camila Mendes) takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband Adam (Jessie T. Usher) are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception...

Directed By: Michael M. Scott

Written By: David Golden

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
51
43% Positive
3 Reviews
29% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
51
43% Positive
3 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
29% Negative
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75
Apr 30, 2020
Working from a clever if occasionally convoluted screenplay by David Golden, director Michael M. Scott has fashioned a classic cautionary tale about two seemingly good and smart people who make some dumb decisions when greed and opportunity come knocking.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
64
May 19, 2020
Director Michael Scott, working in a moody color palette that often makes the movie look like an extended episode of Riverdale, keeps the surprises coming at a pace that ensures no one will think too hard about the fact that there aren’t really any clues to follow. The pleasure of Dangerous Lies isn’t finding out whodunit, but simply yelling, “What?” at your screen as increasingly unbelievable twists play out.
By Karen Han FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 30, 2020
It might be kind of tedious, kind of sloppy, and mostly silly, but you could never accuse Dangerous Lies of false advertising. The new Netflix thriller, directed by Michael M. Scott, is practically designed for rainy day viewers who initially laugh at the title, and that’s not a bad thing.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 30, 2020
It’s pacy enough to secure at least our divided attention, competently trotting along in the background revealing surprises that aren’t really that surprising, like a pulpy, well-worn airplane novel that you guiltily devour in a day.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 30, 2020
But if you can check your brain and go along with the preposterous plotting of a mystery thriller as generic as its title, there's a certain baseline pleasure in watching the more or less wholesome young couple at its center swim in a murky cesspool of deception and death. Oh, and diamonds!
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
38
Apr 30, 2020
The end result is a thriller that doesn’t race towards a climax we figure out (finally) 20 minutes in advance, it limps there.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
25
Apr 30, 2020
From its lazy title down to its yes-we-all-saw-that-coming third-act twist, Dangerous Lies offers a particularly boring kind of last-resort viewing.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Off Camera Entertainment, Off Camera Productions
Release Date Apr 30, 2020
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline A gift they can't explain. A secret they never imagined. But fortune comes with a price.
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Awards

Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination

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