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 |