THE GOOD LIAR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ian McKellen (Gods and Monsters), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Russell Tovey (The Pass), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), Mark Lewis Jones (Gwen), Céline Buckens (War Horse), Laurie Davidson (Vampire Academy)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Bill Condon (Kinsey), director, producer; Jeffrey Hatcher (Mr. Holmes), writer; Greg Yolen (The Fifth Estate), producer; Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), composer; Tobias A. Schliessler (Dreamgirls), cinematographer; Virginia Katz (Beauty and the Beast), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Roy Courtnay (McKellen) is a career con artist who sets his next target as well-to-do widow Betty (Mirren), whom he meets online. As she lets him into his life, Roy begins to find herself caring for her, and what starts out as any other job suddenly turns into the toughest situation of his life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are great together in this dramatic thriller that puts both on the spot in ways even they probably hadn’t imagined before.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2019

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