Separate Lies (2005)
Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Wilkinson once again astonishes with his ability to convey weakness and strength, hypocrisy and gallantry, cruelty and compassion in the same male animal.
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Watson and Everett, both superb, bring ferocity and feeling to their roles. But the one you won't forget is Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) in a towering performance of grace and grit that deserves to put him on Oscar's shortlist. Good show.
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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox
If there's pleasure to be derived from the misfortunes of others, then Julian Fellowes' wickedly entertaining adaptation of Nigel Balchin's nearly forgotten 1951 novel is a barrel of fun.
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The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
The story presents a moral morass involving betrayal, illicit sex, hypocrisy and a crime, yet the film feels tidy. Only one punch gets thrown, and you sense the perpetrator regrets his action immediately. It is all very British.
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Variety
With Separate Lies, Fellowes has made a truly adult film -- not because of its content or themes, but because it knows that real drama often lies in the accepted and unspoken realms of life.
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Premiere Glenn Kenny
It touches deftly on class and race and sexual dissatisfaction and never lets up once it has put its characters under a microscope. Beautifully acted throughout, it showcases Watson's most complex performance in years.
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New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A neat, twisty little domestic drama about smart people, foolish choices.
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Village Voice Laura Sinagra
Fellowes's larger goal seems to be making sympathetic characters of Anne and Bule, who for all their lovey-doveyness never emerge as much more than rich twits à la "The Great Gatsby."
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The New York Times Stephen Holden
The movie is so busy constructing its labyrinthine plot that it often forgets to plumb the souls of its characters.
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New York Post Lou Lumenick
A soufflé that begins promisingly but never quite rises.
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