MOVIE · 2019

The Good Liar

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller109 min

Career con man Roy Courtnay thinks he has found a lucrative target when he meets recently widowed Betty McLeish online. Ian McKellen is Roy, a practiced fraud who moves quickly from flirtation to access, while Helen Mirren's Betty seems open, comfortable, and worth millions. As Roy works his way into her home and family, what begins as another carefully managed swindle grows harder to control, with buried secrets and shifting intentions turning the courtship into a dangerous game.