EIFF Review: Separate Lies

Posted by: Scott Hayes  •  October 6, 2005 @ 11:59am

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Julian Fellowes may have been born in Egypt, but Separate Lies is a distinctly British movie: a thousand pages to the script and it's all subtext. Well, that is but for one glaring exception of hugely on-the-nose dialogue. This film of marital discord and accidental murder starts off with a startling bang but then moves into super slo-mo for the next hour and a half. I admit my head bobbed a fair bit during this one. What can I say? I just wasn't into it that night. I love the cast though.