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L.I.E. Movie Rating: 
Sensitive And Challenging | |
| L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway) is a strong and powerful coming-of-age film that looks at a 15-year-old boy who is befriended by an older man. Brian Cox (Big John) takes the role of the (former marine) Svengali/predator/paedophile, playing it with a special and rather perverse mixture of sexual desire and moral decency and it’s this torn conflict that gives his performance its vital and particular edge. | |
| Paul Franklin Dano also is good as the troubled young boy who has no parental support and feels the need to approach the Svengali-like protector Big John to fulfil many roles. The film shows the predatory character’s fight against loneliness and it's honestly handled by commercials director Michael Cuesta. |
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| It's a bold and challenging movie that includes many scenes that are at times both tender and rewarding although occasionally uncomfortable. | |
Serious Examination Of A Controversial Issue
