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7.5A 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.
Released: 2014-09-10110 minDir: Philippe FalardeauDramaBudget: $20.0MBox office: $3.4M
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Carrie Davis
- Corey Stoll as Jack
- Arnold Oceng as Mamere
- Ger Duany as Jeremiah
- Thad Luckinbill as Matt
- Afemo Omilami as Dr. Monyang
Themes
- refugee
- kansas, usa
- sudanese
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
34,703 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Kenya
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Philippe Falardeau
- Cast member
- Maria Howell
- Production company
- Reliance Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 440814
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thegoodliemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2014-09-09
- title
- The Good Lie
- executive producer
- Andrew Kosove
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 6.7/10
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