Kevin Black

This film is a classic example of how so called "movies" have deteriorated in the past 20 or so years. Whilst dated, the storyline and acting made for a very enjoyable watch and the setting in San Francisco enhanced it enormously, together with the fabulous car owned by Lee J Cobb`s brother.

My wife, Michele and I enjoyed The Good Liar as much as any film, not that we have seen many, because there has been so much rubbish being presented to filmgoers in the past few years, we would have trouble naming a top ten! Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen acted superbly, so much so that they came across as the real people detailed in the novel by Nicholas Searle. The Director, Bill Condon, created a fast paced thriller, which allowed the 109 minutes to whizz by, which unfortunately we could not say the same about the critically acclaimed and extremely boring Knives Out!

Unfortunately, my wife and I watched this "excuse for a film" until the end and we blamed old friends of ours, who were not home when we visited them, for causing us to waste over two hours of our life which we will never get back! What were they thinking casting James Bond as a "southern private investigator"? We presumed the film was supposed to be a comedy and it could have been dead and buried in under an hour, had that been the case we would have awarded it 1/10!

Is it any wonder Tarantino said it was to be his last film? My wife and I both agreed that the over 2 hours we spent watching it would be time we will never get back! Surely he could have done a better job directing the film with the viewer in mind, there were so many agonisingly slow scenes, that it was like watching it in slow motion! We gave it 1/5 and we only found the 1 because of the 60s music soundtracks.

If only every film I could see was up to the high standard of Peter Farrelly’s Green Book! The acting was extremely good and the screenplay exceptional! Why oh why are there not more films to see like this gem?

Not only is this Redford’s last film, it is by far his worst! As I declared leaving the cinema with my wife, “they are two hours we will never get back!”