Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter

Name: Liar, Liar
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-06-22
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Art Hindle, Rosemary Dunsmore, Susan Hogan

Original title: Liar, Liar

TV Movie
1993
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993)

Drama

A young Canadian girl accuses her father of child molestation. She's upset to discover that most of the people in her life believe that she's lying about it, and struggles with the public ba... Read allA young Canadian girl accuses her father of child molestation. She's upset to discover that most of the people in her life believe that she's lying about it, and struggles with the public backlash.A young Canadian girl accuses her father of child molestation. She's upset to discover that most of the people in her life believe that she's lying about it, and struggles with the public backlash.

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6.6/10

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Awards
- 6 nominations

Quotes
Susan Miori: So, what makes you now say that she was telling the truth?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: Because she wasn't the first one. I think I was six, maybe seven. It was just touching at first, you know, while he was washing me... but then at night, he would come into the bathroom, and he'd take off my clothes, and he would push me down onto the toilet and his hands, I remember his hands always... touching! And...
Susan Miori: Yes, and?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: He'd have sex with me.
Susan Miori: Anally or vaginally?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: Oh, it was always anally, 'cause Daddy said that it wasn't really sex unless it was done in the vagina.
Susan Miori: How often did this happen?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: Two, three times a month till I left home.
Susan Miori: You had no idea that he was doing the same thing to Kelly?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: I was hoping he wasn't.
Susan Miori: Why didn't you tell anyone, your mother, anyone, what was happening to you?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: 'Cause he told me not to.
Susan Miori: He told you not to?
Christina 'Chrissy' Farrow Berezuk: Yes, because he was my father!

Crazy credits
In the opening credits the movie title is written in chalk on the blacktop of a playground. The actor names are written on a wall, the blacktop, a slide, a window and on stairs.

Connections
Features Jeopardy! (1984)

Soundtracks
My Special Angel
(uncredited)
Performed by Bobby Helms

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Review

Featured review

9/10

A realistic, absorbing "docudrama"

Not to be confused with the 1997 comedy of the same name, this gritty Canadian production reminds me of the no-nonsense social dramas once turned out by British studios prior to the sixties.

For unblinking looks at the real world, it seems we now have to look to Canadian producers for drama that reflects what can happen to ordinary people.

The family depicted here, could be any family..loving Mom and Dad, three kids, one grown and married, one at school, one in kindergarden. At least one of the children is a "problem" child.

The movie tells the story of what happens when one of the children, accuses one of the parents of incest...once the accusation is made, true or false, nothing can ever be the same again...everyone's life is altered, the immediate family, their friends, relatives, schoolmates, all are affected.

The movie does not sensationalize the necessary sexual content of the movie, but neither is it coy about going into detail about a grim fact of life...that parents are capable of sexually abusing their children, and/or that children are capable of falsely accusing adults, of that offence.

This movie reminds me of an even grimmer movie on the subject "The Pony Cart" again, a Canadian production of many years ago, which I also highly recommend, if ever you get a chance to see it.

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