You won't be disappointed!

Too much of everything

To me, this movie is perfection.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

A fun movie with several strange twists. Essentially, "Ray Elliott" (Steve Coogan) owns a small company which helps people set up alibis in order to continue extramarital affairs. For example, if a person who is having an affair is supposed to be in a business meeting, then all calls will be rerouted to one of Ray Elliotts assistants who will field the call and cover for the client. Naturally, this is all done for a hefty price. Unfortunately, things go wrong when a new client accidentally kills his mistress. Not only is Ray Elliott left to try to clean up the mess but he soon finds that he has a contract out on his head as well. Likewise, his former partner also has a contract out on his head and people are swarming all over the place looking for him too. At any rate, Steve Coogan performed in an outstanding manner. Likewise, Rebecca Romijn looked awesome as Ray Elliott's new employee "Lola". And while this film has some mature themes it really doesn't go overboard or push the envelope. In short, this is a good comedy which most people will probably get a kick out of.

This movie is like a gigantic tangle of string. I mean gigantic like the size of a big house with a two car garage on the end of a cul de sac. At first glance, the loops and twists and turns are impressive but it's really nothing more than one long, boring strand. The sheer size of it can be overwhelming but when you think about somebody spending so much time just tangling string, you're overwhelmed by such a wretched waste. As the string tangler should have stopped after a couple of hours and found something better to do, these filmmakers needed to stop piling one plot contrivance on another and make a single one of them work well.Let's see how far you can get into the plot of Lies and Alibis before you want to say "Enough!" and go watch an episode of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Ray Elliot (Steve Coogan) is a former con man who's found an unusual way to go straight. He runs a security firm for adulterers. When people want to cheat on their spouse, they hire Ray's company to cover up for them and provide them with airtight alibis. While in the midst of hiring the statuesque Lola (Rebecca Romijn) as a new associate, Ray is recognized by a thug (Henry Rollins) who mentions that there's a 5 million dollar contract out on Ray's old scam artist partner. Ray is then called away to deal with a client emergency and after helping the wealthy and horny Robert Hatch (James Brolin) conceal yet another affair from his wife, Ray is hired to help Hatch's son do the same. So while Wendell Hatch (James Marsden) spends the weekend at a bed and breakfast with his girlfriend, Ray pretends to be Wendell at a broker's convention to fool his wife.Are you still with me? Well, Wendell accidentally kills his girlfriend and cajoles Ray into covering that up, which he does by calling on the thug who recognized him. That thug works for a Mormon hit-man (Sam Elliot) who then decides that Ray absolutely must help him with alibis for his murderous work, which Ray seemingly consents to while dodging the amorous advances of one of the Mormon's wives (Selma Blair). Then Ray discovers that Robert Hatch is looking to kill him to permanently cover up for his son's deadly mistake, while the police have already traced the missing girl back to Ray, who also finds himself the target of Hatch's driver (John Lequizamo), the enraged boyfriend of Wendell's now dead girlfriend. There's also a cold blooded assassin coming after the 5 million dollar contract on Ray's old partner and a bit of confusion as to whether Ray knows where his old partner is, whether he's alive or dead or even if Ray is himself his old partner. Compounding that confusion is Ray's quest to find a corpse.And of course, Ray and Lola make googoo eyes at each other, even though she makes him look like a member of the Lollipop Guild, as Ray schemes to lure everyone involved in this whole snarl to a hotel where they can all get their just desserts.I don't know about you but by the time it got to the Mormon assassin, I had had just about enough of this movie. It was all too much to believe, especially when Ray is always portrayed as so slick and in control that there never seems to be even the slightest bit of danger in any of it. When you wade through it all, you're left with the reality that Ray is a long, boring strand. He's not interesting and he's certainly not sympathetic. So this convoluted tale boils down to there never being any real risk for the main character and the viewer not caring even if there was.Lies and Alibis might have found some way to work if it had focused on Ray and Lola, Ray's unusual business and one other thing. Maybe the problems posed by the Hatch's, maybe the people gunning for Ray's old partner, maybe the Mormon assassin who wants Ray to cover up his killings. Glopping them all and more into the mix doesn't work.Unless a house-sized tangle of string sounds to you like a great idea for a tourist attraction, don't bother with this film.

My wife and I loved "Lies & Alibis" it was a terrific, sophisticated, classy movie of the "Oceans Eleven" genre.My wife and I both had the same, singular complaint. The sound mixing was horrible. There were several occasions where the "background" music was too loud and despite repeated replays, we couldn't figure out what the character was saying.Despite the sound problems, the movie was FANTASTIC!!! It was a confluence of many disparate lives. It was a combination of the sophisticated "Oceans Eleven" and some of the sophistication of "The Thomas Crown Affair".The cast (Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, Sam Elliot and James Marsden) were terrific. The script was flawless. It's a complex story of a confidence man who juggles many different "jobs" and all the fallout which can and/or does happen.If you liked the many faceted manipulations of strategy in Oceans Eleven and the sophistication of The Thomas Crown Affair, you'll love "Lies & Alibis".

Saw this at the premiere at the AFI filmfest here in Hollywood. Crowd loved it, I had a great time. Great story, fine acting, fast paced. Keeps you going the whole way through. Very stylish. I enjoyed the feel of the film - editing, tone, camera work. Reminds me of an older style 60s thriller/comedy. Yeah, you have to pay attention to what's going on which is usually the sign of a good film. James marsden was hysterical, hope to see him doing more comedy. Would have liked to have seen more of Rebecca Romijn's character. Sam Elliot was awesome and Steve Coogan was a fantastic lead - very dry humor, I will look out for more of his films. Please see this film if you like to have a good time at the movies.