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The Good Liar

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Directed by Bill Condon
Produced by Bill Condon and Greg Yolen
Screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher Based on the novel by Nicholas Searle
With: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Laurie Davidson, Phil Dunster, Lucian Msamati, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Tunji Kasim, and Spike White
Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler
Editing: Virginia Katz
Music: Carter Burwell
Runtime: 109 min
Release Date: 15 November 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
 The auspicious pairing of Dame Helen and Sir Ian in an octagenarian romantic thriller is not enough to breath life into Condon's contrived and clunky con game.