This is an indie comedy which has the star of the movie ‘Humpday’ which ended up appealing to a lot of audiences. The question is, will this movie be as great as that one?
The movie starts off with Lonnie played by Joshua Leonard who is way too young to even experience mid life crisis already. He loves his wife and little baby daughter but he hates pretty much his job as an editor of commercials. His depression made him snap one day that he decided not to go to work and just smoke weed and play some music with his best buddy the entire day. He had so much fun that he decided to still skip work on the succeeding day.
When his boss asked him why he was out for two days, he made the mistake of saying the worst lie he can make: that his daughter died. Now, you know why this film is entitled ‘The Lie.’ Joshua Leonard does another great job on his acting performance. This movie also has the same cinematographer as that of ‘Humpday’ and Leonard is credited as a screenwriter for this project.
You can say that he was not able to do much as expected but what he was able to do was making the movie a realistic family comedy. But the greatest asset of the entire cast is Weixler who proved herself to be one talented silent comedienne. All her reaction shots were bravado especially when she expresses her frustration through her facial expressions.
Leonard was successful in building up all the comedy without having to compromise its believability level. The movie is totally funny but it never ended up bizarre. The choice of the endings could have been the only mistake of this movie.
The story of the movie should have been rooted in a perspective that is highly realistic especially when you get to analyze the characters and the dialogue of the movie. But the conclusion of it all served much like a fantasy. Leonard was able to show utmost affection for his character and he was able to render a hatch that would let the rest of the characters escape too that is way too easy to let it appear challenging and more exciting.
In the end, if you would base it on the painful realities of marriage and adult life, then you would really think that everything is all a lie.