L.I.E.

L.I.E.

On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell.

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Release Date

9/7/2001

Runtime

97 mins

Overview

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$700,000

Revenue

$1,667,192

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A discomfiting portrait of suburban aimlessness and predatory manipulation, where a grieving teenager's vulnerability becomes entangled with a dangerous adult's pathology. The film never looks away from the moral murk of its characters' choices.

Mood

BleakClaustrophobicUnsettlingWistful

Themes

Coming of ageGriefIsolationIdentitySurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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Child endangermentSexual content

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