Separate Lies

Separate Lies (2005)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (88 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (2,865 ratings)

A damaged relationship is stretched to its desperate limits in this drama. Anne (Emily Watson) and James (Tom Wilkinson) are a seemingly happy and prosperous British couple who divide their time between a flat in London and a house in the country. However, their marriage is not as contented as one… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Nigel Balchin, Julian Fellowes
Genres
Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Sep 16, 2005 Limited
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    What lies underneath doesn't surprise. But it's fascinating to watch that peeling as it happens.

  • Connie Ogle, Miami Herald

    A chilly, intelligent and absorbing drama about infidelity, ethics and forgiveness.

  • Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

    It's as grown-up as a movie can get, with a fine cast in a strongly crafted tale about the calamities that can wreck a relationship and the love that can redeem it.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    As a very British film about very British personalities, class differences and attitudes, it's just about perfect.

  • Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

    The deceptions of Separate Lies are so uniquely and recognizably human they become a cautionary warning to us all.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Carlos M


    An engaging adult drama that presents some compelling moral dilemmas, evolving from a whodunit plot to an intelligent character study that cleverly challenges the elegant refinement of the British aristocracy.

  • Mason W


    Separate lies, starring Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, and Rupert Everett is a good drama. A film that centers on a love triangle of a married couple and a death of a neighbor intersects these people...very good film.

  • Antony S


    A quiet indie drama starring Tom Wilkinson, Sepearte Lies takes almost a noirish approach to the topic of upper-class English infidelity. James Manning (Wilkinson( discovers after years of happy marriage to Anne (Emily Watson), that she has been having a private affair behing his… More

  • Dean M


    This thriller was not really shocking between the affair and accident.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "Separate Lies", James Manning(Tom Wilkinson) is a high powered solicitor who commutes to London from his home in Buckinghamshire, where he lives with his wife, Anne(Emily Watson). Despite his reluctance, Anne throws a cocktail party but James ducks… More

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