Above the Line vs Why Would I Lie?
Above the Line has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Why Would I Lie?). Above the Line is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 45m. Why Would I Lie? is the older of the two (1980 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Above the Line
Why Would I Lie?| Above the Line | Why Would I Lie? | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1980 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Jeffrey Scott Collins | Larry Peerce |
| Main cast | Gregg Henry, Reno Wilson, Cedric the Entertainer, Suzy Nakamura, Sophia Ali | Gabriel Macht, Treat Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, Lisa Eichhorn, Susan Heldfond |
Synopsis
Above the Line
Six struggling Hollywood hopefuls team up for the ultimate comeback: to rob the Academy Awards from the crooked producer who crushed their dreams. But in a town built on make-believe, pulling off the perfect heist might just be the role of their lives.
Why Would I Lie?
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.
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