Sometimes I just wonder. This is another one of those over-hyped films that leaves you slightly impressed, but cursing under your breath later about how much better it could have been. This one's got a great premise, of course, and a great location (suburban NYC), and great acting throughout by Cox and newcomer Dano. I was so hyped to see this project, but ultimately felt cheated. It's not that I just wanted to see a dirty movie, or that I wanted to see a hot little expose on some forbidden taboo. From the reviews that I had read, I had thought that they had taken a rich but often-ignored subject and ran with it. And they didn't. And they could have. Who knows what really goes on in these kinds of relationships? Who is the predator and who is the prey? Is the victim sometimes the seducer? Is it a homosexual relationship 100% of the time? Or is it a twisted father-and-son one? If the film had explored or answered even one of these questions, I would have felt satisfied. As it is, the best thing was Cox. Oh yeah, and "Hurdy Gurdy Man".
Review of L.I.E.
