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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies is a documentary feature film that explores the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie.

Directed By: Yael Melamede

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 30 m

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies

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Summary (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies is a documentary feature film that explores the human tendency to be dishonest. Inspired by the work of behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the film interweaves personal stories, expert opinions, behavioral experiments, and archival footage to reveal how and why people lie.

Directed By: Yael Melamede

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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70
May 19, 2015
(Dis)Honesty, a documentary by Yael Melamede about why we lie, shows the extent to which we fib (almost everybody does, it turns out, across nations and gender and social class). Perhaps most interestingly, (Dis)Honesty shows us how we rationalize that mendacity.
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70
May 14, 2015
There’s no revelatory takeaway here, but this entertaining mix of anecdotal evidence, academic research and current affairs is a diverting survey.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
70
May 14, 2015
[An] enjoyable, relatable documentary.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
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May 18, 2015
Yael Melamede doesn't dwell on each of her subjects' stories beyond the condensed version that's related on screen.
By Wes Greene FULL REVIEW
60
May 19, 2015
Ariely’s inquiries into how and why we stretch, reframe, or ignore entirely the truth are certainly eye-opening, but he and Melamede are better at demonstrating the ubiquity of subterfuge than prescribing remedies for it.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW
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May 21, 2015
Because the film doesn’t begin to explore the wider implications of that loss of trust, its findings don’t add up to more than a sardonic gloss on a provocative subject.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company SALTY Features
Release Date May 15, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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