The Good Lie | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | December 28, 2014
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Very emotional and touching. Some corny jokes could have been cut but the film avoids many pitfalls of melodrama it could have fallen into
| genre | Drama |
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| synopsis | A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind. |
| lead actors | Reese Witherspoon | Corey Stoll | Thad Luckinbill | Sarah Baker | Sharon Conley | Maria Howell | Joshua Mikel | Mike Pniewski |
| director | Philippe Falardeau |