It's a brilliant (see what I did there?) story by one of our best stage play writers David Williamson, but I think the others got hold of his story and stirred it a bit too much. The acting of Michael Vietch can't escape his comedic presence (as he is more known by), but the others are good at their stick. However the strange ending leaves you uneasy and I do think this was down to the production of the film. Knowing it was shot quickly and on a low budget - all of which should be commendable - this final episode of the film has a sudden terse without tense. It needed something else to end the film - a definite Brilliant Lie the whole family endured which should leave you unsettled in the "correct" way. But as said with said Veitch and the low budget which presumably lead to some bad editing here, it has a bewilderment to it that even in our Aussie senses of these days of "alternative" drama, this still had a bad taste that the writers, director and editor failed to grab you for a final gasp of WTF? moment.
Review of Brilliant Lies
