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Lie With Me | 
| Director: Clement Virgo
Actors: Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour, Polly Shannon, Mayko Nguyen, Michael Facciolo
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Category: DVD
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Rating:  61 reviews
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TF-53415
UPC: 821575534154
EAN: 0821575534154
ASIN: B000DZ95MG
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Product Description
Controversial brave and extremely sexually explicit Clement Virgo's LIE WITH ME examines the often raw relationship between David (Eric Balfour) and Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) two emotionally damaged young people living in Toronto. Each feels trapped in a bleak life and attempts to find some kind of escape with the other.System Requirements:Running Time 93 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 821575534154 Manufacturer No: TF-53415
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Shot in sunny Toronto and set to a dreamy score, Lie With Me looks and sounds like an art film, but the end result isn't quite so lofty. The plot is thin and the dialogue superfluous, but no matter--Canada's Clement Virgo (Love Come Down) just wants to turn you on and he has enlisted two attractive, uninhibited young performers to assist in his aims. Leila (Lauren Lee Smith, The L Word) and David (Eric Balfour, Six Feet Under) meet at a party. He's with his girlfriend, but finds himself drawn to her. The feeling is mutual. She's alone, but quickly finds an unattached hipster with whom to have a tryst. David catches her in the act. Instead of turning away, he watches. They start seeing each other immediately afterwards. "I'm not hooked on danger, [I'm] hooked on sex," Leila claims, but she isn't exactly the most trustworthy narrator. She wants a purely physical relationship, while David wants something more. They return to their old lives, but the obsession refuses to die. Based on the novella by Virgo's partner, Tamara Berger, Lie With Me plays like a low-budget cross between Adrian Lyne's overrated 9 1/2 Weeks and Wayne Wang's underrated The Center of the World. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 They Can't Show Enough Skin to Make This One Appealing September 25, 2008
Choice Critic (CA USA)
Ugly people having sex, smothered in tattoos. No, its not a hardcore porn movie. It inhabits the middle distance between hardcore and soft core porn. It is the kind of movie that businessmen pay $4.00 to watch in the privacy of their room at the La Quinta while on a business trip. Erections sans cumshots.
Ask yourself why David (Eric Balfour, a greasy, unattractive dude) would leave the only attractive woman in the movie, Victoria (played by Polly Shannon) for someone as just this side of ugly, Leila (Lauren Lee Smith).
Like most faux art movies, sex moves the plot, rather than the plot incorporating the sex in a meaningful way. The "actors" mumble their lines which are worthless dialogue anyway and not worth hearing.
I would not only add a parental advisory for this film, but would also add the following: "This movie is for immature adults only. Viewer discretion advised and your self-esteem is at stake."
 Quiet, yet moving September 24, 2008
Kathryn Green
This movie has an art house/independent film presentation. No wasted dialogue (except for a few of the voiceovers). Powerful love/sex scenes. Nice chemistry between the two leads.
disapointing! September 21, 2008
E. Miller (Hailey, Idaho United States)
How this movie got as high a rating as it did is beyond me. I bought it for the ratings but was sadly disappointed. No plot, poor acting, little nudity and only in lead actress (and actor) no others. Even the body of the lead actress left something to be desired (extremely thin with not much muscle tone except legs, and a long torso) For you females, the lead actor had a nice body but he carried himself like a stiff robot and, as I said, the acting was very forced and contrived. What plot there was was really unrealistic with the rapid progress to the sex stage unatural and pretty unbelievable.
Don't buy this movie if you're a thinking person.
 a hidden desire to search for true love. September 21, 2008
Paul K. Tse (jupiter, florida)
in this movie, the two actors met in a party. later, the
female lead showed off her bold desire for sexual enjoyment
under a varieties of situations-including a live show in front of
others.her live-show triggered the male lead's curiosity to
search for her. their consequent sexual endeavors became more
emotional as well as physicial. however, for the male-lead, it
became much more emotional.it awhile for the female-lead to
seach for own personal meaning in life.this movie shows that
people and things can change. the future is clean for most of us.
Visually & Emotionally Stunning September 15, 2008
Marianne Michelle Gatlin (Decatur, AL United States)
Being a fan of both Eric Balfour and Lauren Lee Smith I began the movie with high expectations. Those expectations were not limited or let down. I found this movie brilliant. Not only was it daring and bold but it was sexually stimulating, breathtakingly sensual and emotionally moving. The character study of both David and Leila was in depth and the storyline of the two characters needing each other, yet, needing to learn how to love each other and to be loved was stunning.
The nudity and sexual encounters in the movie only added to its intensity and were never overdone nor just blantant sex. Every moment was full of meaning and the characters emotions.
The actors and director did a wonderful job with this film and I highly recommend it.
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