Happily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional consequences. But that all changes when she meets an artist looking for a deeper commitment.
Director Clement Virgo, working with his partner Tamara Faith Berger's short, snappy novel, Lie With Me, strives to get beyond titillation and largely succeeds.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
24 Sep 2005
fresh:
A thrust in the right direction.
– Michael Rechtshaffen,
Hollywood Reporter,
26 Sep 2005
rotten:
With its drawn-out last act and sentimental ending, pic is a long way from being the Gen-Y Last Tango in Paris it would like to think it is.
– Leslie Felperin,
Variety,
13 Oct 2005
rotten:
[L]ike anything that flirts with the pornographic, Lie With Me bores.