Lies We Tell (2017)

It’s well performed and a periodically fascinating study of Bradford’s seedy underbelly that’s rarely seen on film

Lead actors Byrne and Deen do grounded, stalwart work, and director Mitu Misra occasionally succeeds in making the characters’ milieu’s register with force. But the storytelling is rickety.

A well-meaning look at the issue of arranged marriage, garnished with some Hollywood star power, but it’s too meandering and sluggish to grip.

A film that also aims for gangster grit, community awareness and emotional impact, but compromises on everything.

Any meager pleasures that Lies We Tell offers are purely technical.