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L.I.E.

L.I.E.

2001, Movie, 1h 37min

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

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Critic Nick Dawson

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8

...Cuesta brilliantly uses the power of suggestion and viewers' expectations to make it a constantly challenging experience.

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