Dangerous Lies (2020) Review

This film hit Netflix recently and I have now had the chance to watch the film Dangerous Lies and here is my review for it. The premise of the film a caregiver recieve her elderly patients estate which leads her into mistrusting everybody that she comes into contact with. 

Main Character

Camila Mendes from the hit American show Riverdale plays the lead character here and she is okay. She is the most likeable person here and the character with the most logic to her even though there isn't that much. The problem is there is nothing remarkable about her character at all, her performance is actually quite wooden and even though she is a bit likeable the film doesn't give you a real reason to care about her or the plight that she is in.

Supporting Characters

It is nice to see Elliot Gould here, though he is not a large part I always enjoy seeing him on screen, the same could be said Jamie Chung from The Gifted a show I have good memories of. But the problem is that they have no characters, there is nobody interesting here and some characters do things that just make no sense, honestly pretty much every character in this film is an idiot it just depends how large an idiot that they are.

Story

Well here we go, this story is absolutley insane, it is one of the most unfocused and stupid films I have ever seen. There are plot points that are never finished, character motivations that make no sense and an ending that is laughable because of how bad it is. This is one of those films that tries to be really clever but ends up coming across as stupid and overcomplicated for no real reason. 

Script

The script has nothing about, I didn't laugh at all and I didn't care about the drama. As I said the characters are boring but an interesting script could have made them better but it fails to do that. 

Style

The film is just really boring, it feels really slow and tries to throw all these misdirects at you that you question why it is there. I even wonder why the first part of the film is even there as it doesn't add anything to the film and doesn't do anything to add to anything.

Overall

Overall, this is a really bad attempt at a suspenseful and who done it but if you want something to make you laugh then watch this film for the last act alone as it is stupidly funny, but try to avoid this one at all cost. 

Rating - 2/10