Brilliant Lies vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for Brilliant Lies). Brilliant Lies is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 36m. Brilliant Lies is the older of the two (1996 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Brilliant Lies
Dinner with Friends| Brilliant Lies | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Franklin | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Anthony LaPaglia, Gia Carides, Zoe Carides, Ray Barrett, Michael Veitch | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Brilliant Lies
Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment of $40,000.00.
Dinner with Friends
After the parties, jobs, and hook-ups throughout their twenties and into their thirties, eight friends are trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The…
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