L.I.E. Reviews

L.I.E. Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B)
L.I.E. (director/writer: Michael Cuesta; screenwriters: Stephen M. Ryder/Gerald Cuesta; cinematographer: Romeo Tirone; editors: Eric Carlson/; music: Pierre Földes; cast: Brian Cox (Big John Harrigan), Paul Franklin Dano (Howie Blitzer), Billy Kay...more

L.I.E. Review
by Jon Popick
If movies have taught us one thing over the last few years, it's that the suburbs are a very dark, very screwed-up place. L.I.E. confirms this semi-revelation by taking the gritty subject matter of Kids and moving it about 35 miles east to Dix Hills in...more

L.I.E. Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
"You got lanes going east," 15-year-old Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) says of the L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) as he cheats death by balancing precariously on an overpass guardrail over the L.I.E. "You got lanes going west. You also got lanes...more

L.I.E. Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+)
Fifteen year old Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) is materially well off, but his mother's been killed in an accident on the Long Island Expressway, the road which leads out into the world, but where much is lost. His father's attentions are on a new...more

L.I.E. Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10)
If movies have taught us one thing over the last few years, it's that the suburbs are a very dark, very screwed-up place. L.I.E. confirms this semi-revelation by taking the gritty subject matter of Kids and moving it about 35 miles east to Dix Hills in...more

L.I.E. Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Lot 47 Films Director: Michael Cuesta Writer: Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta Cast: Brian Cox, Paul Franklin Dano, Billy Kay, Bruce Altman, James Costa, Tony Michael Donnelly, Walter Masterson,...more

L.I.E. Review
by Jeremiah Kipp (Rating: 2/5)
Best remembered for his understated performance as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Michael Mann's forensics thriller, Manhunter, Scottish character actor Brian Cox brings something special to every movie he works on. Usually playing a bit role in some studio...more