Review of The Truth

The Truth (2006)
7/10
An interesting and entertaining film
17 January 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This is a new British movie from Guerilla Films. It's nicely made, despite it's probable low budget.

The story concerns Candy, a young disabled woman who, following a row with her over-protective parents, joins a therapy group at a remote (Scottish?) house. The "Adventures in Truth" group gets off to a good start with some amusing observations on the nature (and overuse) of group therapy.

Inter-relationships start to develop between group members (both good and bad) and secrets are both shared and kept hidden from the group. When one of the group is murdered, things get more bizarre - both with the comedy of the funeral plans and the group's response to having a murderer within. There are also some slightly uncomfortable moments (for us) when Candy is subjected to somewhat violent treatment with respect to her disability.

At times, this has the slightly surreal feel of one of the "Comic Strip presents..." films, and in many respects is of a similar calibre.

Overall, I give this 7 out 10.
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