Film
The Good Lie
2014 · 1h 50m · Drama
Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 85%
- Metacritic
- 65
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Reese Witherspoon
Carrie Davis
Corey Stoll
Jack
Arnold Oceng
Mamere
Ger Duany
Jeremiah
Thad Luckinbill
Matt
Afemo Omilami
Dr. Monyang
Sarah Baker
Pamela Lowi
Joshua Mikel
Dave
Mike Pniewski
Nick Costas
Lindsey Garrett
Jenny
Emmanuel Jal
Paul
Kuoth Wiel
Abital
Femi Oguns
Theo
Maria Howell
INS Agent
Peterdeng Mongok
Young Mamere
Okwar Jale
Young Theo
Crew
- Philippe FalardeauDirector
- Margaret NagleScreenplay
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Ron HowardProducer
- Karen Kehela SherwoodProducer
- Thad LuckinbillProducer
- Molly SmithProducer
- Genevieve HofmeyrProducer
- Trent LuckinbillProducer
- Broderick JohnsonExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 10, 2014
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Revenue
- $3,396,345
- Genres
- Drama
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