Little White Lies

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  • Opened August 24, 2012 (LA, NY)
  • 2 hr 34 min
  • NR
  • French box-office sensation LITTLE WHITE LIES is a sparkling comedic drama from Guillaume Canet, the writer-director of the worldwide smash hit Tell No One. Bringing together the top names from France’s current generation of actors, including Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet, Canet weaves a joyous and heartfelt film out of the dilemmas of eight thirty and forty-something close friends. With its nostalgic soundtrack of classic hit songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone and others, LITTLE WHITE LIES is a contemporary spin on The Big Chill, a generational statement on youthful frivolity giving way to middle-aged pleasures and sorrows, with a finely observant eye on modern-day relationships. In French with English subtitles. Full synopsis

  • Cast: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton, Pascale Arbillot, Anne Marivin, Louise Monot, Joel Dupuch, Hocine Mérabet
  • Director: Guillaume Canet
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama

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The French Big Chill

by VAmovie_goer

Little White Lies is a story of a group of friends who discover that what lies underneath friendship is often a complex brew of irrationality and subterfuge. The group is devastated when one of...

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No Big Chill

by pedsarq

This movie is set up like the classic American film, The Big Chill. In this case, a group of friends decide to go on vacation while their friend is in the hospital recovering from a terrible car...

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This film is great - no lie

by lawrence of arabia

This is a must see movie. The acting is tremendous. The plot is really good. You will laugh and you will cry. The soundtrack is also very good. Brutally honest film....

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Cluzot, with his uncanny resemblance to Dustin Hoffman, is an engaging actor who effortlessly summons up inner neurosis. The others are all skilled at light wit and banter; in a way, the film is simply a record of the French being French. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Calvin Wilson

Whereas "Chill" attempted to define a generation, "Lies" is more of a statement about the nature and limits of friendship. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Little White Lies wants to capture something momentous and meaningful in these people's lives. But ultimately it's hard to care. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

France's friendship dramedy Little White Lies is such a blatant rip-off of a far better American movie that it could have been called "Le Big Chill." Read full review

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