Friday, January 14, 2011

L.I.E.

In "L.I.E.," Paul Dano is a teenage boy named Howie Blitzer. His mother has died in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway (thus allowing "L.I.E." to serve dual purposes as a title). His father (Bruce Altman) has immediately brought home a bit of a bombshell so soon after his wife's death; he also is a businessman who not only does not spend enough time with Howie but also has performed unethical...