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The Good Lie

2014 · 110 min

A heartfelt and earnest drama that balances painful memories with warmth and hope, asking for emotional engagement rather than spectacle.

Tagline: Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
Overview: A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
survival
identity
grief
redemption
Places: small town
big city
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Philippe Falardeau
Written by: Margaret Nagle
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Thad Luckinbill, Afemo Omilami, Sarah Baker, Joshua Mikel
Music: Martin Léon
Cinematography: Ronald Plante
Runtime: 110 min
Country: India, Kenya, United States of America
Languages: English

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