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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSomeone has finally done it -- made a sexually explicit feature that is also a genuine and harrowing work of erotic drama.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWhen all is said and done, Lies is just good, dirty fun.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxSurprisingly intimate, full of sly humor and, believe it or not, an odd sort of tenderness.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's a film so filled with sex and violence that many critics have derided it as nothing short of hardcore porn.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerAn uninvolving film.
- 40Film.comFilm.comThe sex we see in Lies does not feel in any way enticing; the protagonists are left seeming pathetic by the end of the film, and few viewers are likely to go scavenging for sticks after leaving the theater.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe daring but only partly successful Korean film Lies is built around voyeurism.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe truth about Lies is that it's a case of art-house porn being more porn than art.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis sexually explicit South Korean drama aims more to jolt than to illuminate, but it illustrates an aspect of Asian cinema that globally minded moviegoers should know about as films from that region take on more international prominence.
- 20VarietyDavid StrattonVarietyDavid StrattonHas nothing much to say.