The Good Lie
“Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.”
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.
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Cast
57 people
Reese Witherspoon
Carrie Davis
Known for
Monsters vs Aliens
Sing
Corey Stoll
Jack
Known for
Ant-Man
The Strain
Arnold Oceng
Mamere
Known for
MobLand
Brotherhood
Ger Duany
Jeremiah
Known for
I ♥ Huckabees
The Nile Hilton Incident
Thad Luckinbill
Matt
Known for
Lioness
12 Strong
Afemo Omilami
Dr. Monyang
Known for
True Detective
John Adams
Sarah Baker
Pamela Lowi
Known for
The Kominsky Method
Big Little Lies
Joshua Mikel
Dave
Known for
The Act
Last Shift
Mike Pniewski
Nick Costas
Known for
HIS & HERS
Hightown
Lindsey Garrett
Jenny
Known for
The Signal
Siren
Emmanuel Jal
Paul
Also in
Africa United
Kuoth Wiel
Abital
Also in
Abbott Elementary
Philippe Falardeau Director · Margaret Nagle Screenplay Martin Léon Composer
Worldwide gross $3.4M · Budget $20M · United States release September 10, 2014
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,396,345
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Alcon Entertainment
Production
Black Label Media
Production
Blue Sky Africa
Production
Reliance Entertainment
Production
Imagine Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Blue Sky Films
Production
India · Kenya · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 2014
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · September 10, 2014
Limited theatrical
United States · October 3, 2018
Digital
Argentina
December 11, 2014 · Theatrical
Australia
November 20, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 30, 2014 · Digital
February 25, 2015 · Physical · DVD/Bluray
Cambodia
October 17, 2014 · Theatrical
Canada
October 3, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Toronto
Cyprus
October 10, 2014 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Egypt
November 28, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Finland
December 26, 2014 · Theatrical
France
September 9, 2014 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
Germany
June 11, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Greece
October 9, 2014 · Theatrical
January 8, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
June 18, 2015 · Physical · DVD
India
October 16, 2014 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Iraq
November 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 24, 2015 · Theatrical
Israel
October 2, 2014 · Theatrical
Japan
April 17, 2015 · Theatrical
Kenya
November 14, 2014 · Theatrical
Kuwait
December 18, 2014 · Theatrical
Lebanon
November 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 28, 2014 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 23, 2014 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 5, 2015 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
November 20, 2014 · Theatrical
Norway
November 21, 2014 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 29, 2015 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 9, 2014 · Theatrical
Romania
November 14, 2014 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 23, 2014 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 8, 2022 · TV · Markíza
July 1, 2023 · Digital · VOYO
South Africa
November 7, 2014 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
October 3, 2014 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 9, 2014 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
November 21, 2014 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 3, 2014 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 11, 2014 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 29, 2015 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 13, 2014 · Premiere · Dubai International Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 24, 2015 · Theatrical
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