Lie With Me (2005)

Eric Balfour can be found in quite a few of the films and TV shows that I’ve watched over the last 10 years or so. He’s Theresa’s fiancé Eddie in The O.C., he’s Milo in 24.  He also crops up in What Women Want and Six Feet Under. He’s also apparently is in this.

‘This’ is basically a teen film. It revolves around the relationship of two uni students (Played by Balfour and Lauren Lee Smith) and the twists and emotional bullshit that inevitably goes with it. That’s fine, except it’s far far far too sexually explicit to be aimed at teenagers. The plot isn’t complicated enough to really grip an adult audience though. It’s very loose, and probably not very believable, but never mind eh? It’ll do.

It’s directed by Clément Virgo, who doesn’t seem to have done anything else that I recognise except for odd episodes of The L Word and The Wire. What a contrast. The Wire is supposed to be so amazing (no, I haven’t got round to watching it yet), but The L Word… well… that was a massive pile of wank. Apparently Lauren Lee Smith was in it at one point. The only interesting thing she seems to have done apart from that is a bit of CSI. Meh.

As a film Lie With Me is fine. I don’t consider it a waste of time and at no point when watching it did I get bored enough to bother switching it off. The plot’s vague and the general idea is a bit teeny but it held my interest well enough. I recommend it as a highly suitable film for those lazy days when you don’t really want to concentrate on much. Or fancy watching some poorly justified ‘artistic’ sex.