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Big Lies in a Small Town

  • TV Movie
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
240
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Big Lies in a Small Town (2022)
Thriller

A young mother, Rachel, frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah. She went missing after their car crashed outside of a small town in the middle of nowhere. Rachel desperately need... Read allA young mother, Rachel, frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah. She went missing after their car crashed outside of a small town in the middle of nowhere. Rachel desperately needs to find her before she's gone forever.A young mother, Rachel, frantically searches for her teen daughter, Hannah. She went missing after their car crashed outside of a small town in the middle of nowhere. Rachel desperately needs to find her before she's gone forever.

  • Director
    • Danny J. Boyle
  • Writer
    • Danny J. Boyle
  • Stars
    • Rhonda Dent
    • Kristina Paras
    • Matt Hamilton
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    240
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Danny J. Boyle
    • Writer
      • Danny J. Boyle
    • Stars
      • Rhonda Dent
      • Kristina Paras
      • Matt Hamilton
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Rhonda Dent
    Rhonda Dent
    • Rachel
    Kristina Paras
    Kristina Paras
    • Hannah
    Matt Hamilton
    Matt Hamilton
    • Mark
    Anna Van Hooft
    Anna Van Hooft
    • Jenny
    Dax Belanger
    Dax Belanger
    • Gus
    Natalie von Rotsburg
    Natalie von Rotsburg
    • Nurse Ross
    Brent Stait
    Brent Stait
    • Sheriff Lester
    Vern Bevis
    • Jason
    • (as Vern Zachariah Bevis)
    Stephen Spender
    • Dr. Wilson
    Chandra Athayde
    • Teen Girl
    Ashley Alexander
    Ashley Alexander
    • Kerry
    Sam Darkoh
    • Jake
    Kevin Osea
    Kevin Osea
    • Boyfriend
    Hannah Sandhu
    • Deputy Porter
    Allan Luna
    Allan Luna
    • Jogger
    • Director
      • Danny J. Boyle
    • Writer
      • Danny J. Boyle
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    4SnoopyStyle

    weak even for Lifetime

    A young couple stops at a gas station and the woman gets taken. Rachel Baker (Rhonda Dent) and her daughter Hannah are driving through the same town. A car runs them down and crashes into them. Rachel wakes up in a hospital outside of town. Hannah is nowhere to be found. Rachel goes back to search for her. The Sheriff is less than helpful.

    The town needs to look scarier. The TV production lets the movie down. The town should probably be smaller and poorer. At some point, she would go to the FBI or anybody from the outside. At least, she should call the number for the other missing girl. Right from the start, the movie is not making sense. Rachel would never be allowed to live after the car crash. This is weak even for Lifetime.
    1veejayp

    Thank goodness for fast forward

    OK, we don't expect afternoon movies to be good and this one didn't disappoint.

    Stopping at a dilapidated petrol station in the middle of nowhere is never a good idea in this type of film, particularly when it's staffed by creepy guys straight from Zombie Central Casting.

    Have the almost identical mother & daughter (apparently the actors are only a few years apart in age) not watched the right films?

    The mother's behaviour over her daughter's unexplained disappearance is strange: waking up in hospital, "Where's my daughter?" Is not the first but the last question she asks before roaming empty corridors opening random doors.

    (Stranger still that she's not asked for her credit card or health insurance to settle the bill before wandering off)

    Local sheriff instantly dismisses everything she says, totally uninterested in her story.

    In fairness, as the townsfolk all seem to be barking mad, maybe a stranger in town reporting a mysterious vanishing daughter is just one more item to be crossed off his to-do list.

    Don't waste your time on this one.
    10nalaashani

    emotionally moving

    A must-see smash hit movie very much an audience pleaser which is well worth seeing and not to be missed its emotionally strong and truly great piece of filmmaking with an impressive debut of very moving portrayal of the charactors I definitely recommend this film to everybody.
    4duchennejeanette

    Won't get that time back

    Looking to watch a movie for a bit of entertainment and stumbled across this one.

    Same old made for TV movie.

    Predictable characters and fair acting.

    The mother in the movie didn't seem that upset that her daughter was missing. I would have been frantic.

    The suspect seemed obvious about half way through the movie.

    Can't say that we really enjoyed it.

    It was a way to pass some time but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

    The so called mother and daughter in the movie seemed a little too close in age for it to be believable.

    Could have been thought out a bit better than it was .
    7coltras35

    Big lies in a small town

    Rhonda Dent stars as a mother who searches for her daughter, who goes missing after a car crash. Things get even more complicated as she discovers that many people died in mysterious circumstances following the car accident. She soon discovers a shocking possibility and needs to act quickly to get her daughter back.

    This is a well-made thriller that benefits from some fine acting, especially by Rhonda Dent, who plays the mother role and is convincingly distressed and desperate to get her daughter back. It's sort of predictable halfway through in regards to who has abducted her daughter, though the why and wherefores isn't clear. There's a sense of foreboding and menace, thanks to the character and atmosphere.

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 小鎮大謊話
    • Production company
      • CMW Lakeside Productions
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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      • 16:9 HD

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