We Were Liars

I just have no words. I assume this movie is targeting the audience of 10 years old. The writing is really bad. It's like everyone involved was almost catatonic ...Very lazy writing, a cast that looks half-asleep, and dialogue that sounds like it was scribbled during lunch. It was worse than a filler time involving teenage soap-opera types of topics but act like they're not even teenagers. As if some kid in primary school wrote an essay and was made into this series.

I wasted time, I'll never get back hoping that it would at least end ok but it ends pathetically if you are a teenager. These kind of stories are what one would read to an 8 year old. I can't even believe that some actors in the series even signed up to play the characters and how bad the acting became because of the writing and cheesy predictable dialogues.

This whole season could just be 1hr movie. First time ever that I'm writing a review here because I just had to, since I've never seen anything this bad when it came to deciding to watch something.

Watching We Were Liars felt like being lured into a dream only to realize, far too late, that it was a nightmare. It's sun-drenched and pretty on the outside-Cape Cod vibes, golden-hour dinners, old money elegance-but beneath all that gloss is guilt, trauma, and a twist that genuinely left me stunned even knowing what was coming.

If you're going in blind: good. This story wants to break your heart.

✅ What Worked for Me

1. That dreamy aesthetic masks real tragedy The island is a character all on its own-gorgeous, isolated, haunting. The cinematography is stunning and almost too perfect... which, of course, is the point.

2. Sadie Sink as Cadence = inspired casting She carries this film. You feel her confusion, her hunger for truth, and that quiet ache underneath every interaction. The way she plays memory loss and emotional unraveling is subtle and devastating.

"We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken."

3. The twist still lands Even if you've read the book, the way the film builds to it-slowly, with these eerie flashes of memory and tension-made it work all over again.

4. The score is haunting The music walks that tightrope between nostalgic and unnerving. Piano melodies over painful flashbacks? Brutal.

❌ What Didn't Land as Well

1. Some characters feel too thin Gat, Johnny, and Mirren (the other "Liars") don't get enough screen time to feel fully fleshed out. You get glimpses, sure-but if you haven't read the book, you might not connect as deeply.

2. The pacing drags a little mid-film The second act meanders as Cady tries to piece things together. Some repetition could've been trimmed for tighter momentum.

3. Voiceover-heavy moments feel too bookish A few lines work better on the page than out loud. At times, it feels like the script is trying too hard to stay "poetic."

🌟 Final Thoughts

7 out of 10 We Were Liars doesn't just tell you a story-it makes you question everything you just saw, and everything you believed. It's a sun-soaked tragedy wrapped in a mystery, and when the pieces finally fall into place, it leaves you gutted in the best way. It's not a "twist movie"-it's a memory movie. And it lingers.

I knew the ending. It still broke me.

🎥 If You Liked This, You Might Also Enjoy: 1. The Summer I Turned Pretty - Romance, nostalgia, and messy emotions

2. Dead Poets Society - Youth, tragedy, and secrets kept too long

3. Before I Fall (2017) - Guilt, time loops, and emotional unraveling

4. Atonement (2007) - Another sunlit story that cuts you deep

5. Sharp Objects (HBO) - Secrets, trauma, and a woman on the edge.

I want to say that I think the majority of people who are disappointed in this didn't read the book or don't know that its based off of a book. For those complaining about the writing, it was a young adult novel that was a pretty average book to begin with. I read it as a teacher because my middle school girls were obsessed with it for a period of time. It's creative and not perfect. I think this is a solid adaptation of a pretty good book. I just hate to see some people giving the show so much hate. For those of you who read and came here first to check out reviews, see if you can get a hold of the book and read it before watching the show!

Prior to watching this I'd never heard of the book or had heard any advertising for the show so I didn't know what to expect.

Throughout the show viewers are left wondering was there foul play with Candace accident, was it a family member out for revenge, was it truly an accident? Although the show is quite slow, I enjoyed it most of the time. The acting was decent, the script was good, and love the messy family drama. Overall the show would be maybe a 5/10 until the ending.

The ending was something I would've never guessed, and I'm here for it. Not only do we get closure on Candace's accident, we're left with an introduction into a storyline that if it gets approved will answer many of the other questions brought up throughout the show.

Overall if you're looking for a good show to watch in your downtime that you don't have to pay super close attention too, this is the one!

The four major roles - Cady, Gat, Mirrin and Johnny are cast with actors that are too old to play 16-year-old teenagers. Shubham Maheshwari, who plays Gat, is 29. The actresses who play Cady and Mirrin are 23 and the actor who plays Johnny is 20. The carriage and maturity between a 16-year- old and a 23-year-old is very different. It shows.

The mothers are only 10 years older than their actor children. Again, it shows.

The other thing that is unrealistic is how money grubbing the three sister's characters are. If they hate each other so much, they wouldn't spend the summer's together. And not every person with money just wants money. The patriarch is also a horrible person, also all about money. I think the author or screenwriters are writing about a world they don't know or understand. Very shallow writing.

The scenery is pretty, the premise bizarre. Issues that could have been explored were ignored. Other issues - like grief, privilege and race were dealt with badly.

This show is not convincing on so many levels, so I say - it is a miss.