The Good Liar

The Good Liar, directed by Bill Condon and starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, aspires to be Hitchcock. But what it is reveled to be is something a bit more pedestrian.

That's not to say the movie is bad. Mirren and McKellen are terrific in their roles, and Condon sets up the story in a way that prevents most viewers from fulling predicting any plot twists.

The Good Liar is a complicated script and -- as with most complicated scripts -- it's replete with plot holes that one must overlook to enjoy the outcome. Condon layers the movie in a way that patches up most of the holes; but it's just a patch, and the holes are only partially filled.

As a result, what could have been a great film is just average.