The Good Lie (2014)

7.5/10 • 110 min • Drama

Overview

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

Cast

Reese Witherspoon

Corey Stoll

Arnold Oceng

Ger Duany

Thad Luckinbill

Afemo Omilami

Sarah Baker

Joshua Mikel

Mike Pniewski

Lindsey Garrett

Jenny

Maria Howell

INS Agent

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