Review of The Good Liar

Sort of disappointing film about a nasty conman getting his come-uppance. Ian McKellen is the conman, and he's so nasty that it's impossible to feel any identification with him at all. Helen Mirren is his chosen victim, a recently bereaved woman that he meets through a dating site, and she plays it a bit better. 

I'd have thought that anything with those two in it would have to be good - why would they agreed to be in a turkey?  Also Russel Tovey and Jim Carter, usually in good things.

But this comes quite close to being one a turkey. The last quarter, where the twist occurs, feels rushed and not related to the rest of the film at all...is it the same in the book on which it's based?

Watched on Netflix.