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Yesterday Was a Lie

  • 2009
  • PG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
642
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Yesterday Was a Lie (2009)
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Hoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists as events around her grow incre... Read allHoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists as events around her grow increasingly fragmented... disconnected... surreal. With an ethereal lounge singer and her loya... Read allHoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists as events around her grow increasingly fragmented... disconnected... surreal. With an ethereal lounge singer and her loyal partner as her only allies, Hoyle is plunged into a dark world of intrigue and earth-sha... Read all

  • Director
    • James Kerwin
  • Writer
    • James Kerwin
  • Stars
    • Kipleigh Brown
    • Chase Masterson
    • John Newton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    642
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James Kerwin
    • Writer
      • James Kerwin
    • Stars
      • Kipleigh Brown
      • Chase Masterson
      • John Newton
    • 12User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins total

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    Kipleigh Brown
    Kipleigh Brown
    • Hoyle
    Chase Masterson
    Chase Masterson
    • Singer
    John Newton
    John Newton
    • Dudas
    Mik Scriba
    Mik Scriba
    • Trench Coat Man
    Nathan Mobley
    Nathan Mobley
    • Lab Assistant
    Warren Davis
    Warren Davis
    • Psychiatrist
    Megan Henning
    Megan Henning
    • Student
    Jennifer Slimko
    Jennifer Slimko
    • Nurse
    Robert Siegel
    • Radio Interviewer
    • (voice)
    Peter Mayhew
    Peter Mayhew
    • Dead Man
    Brian Carpenter
    Brian Carpenter
    • TV Shrink
    Frank Payne
    Frank Payne
    • Coroner
    John Ronald Dennis
    • Clerk
    H.M. Wynant
    H.M. Wynant
    • Art Patron
    Johanna McKay
    Johanna McKay
    • Art Patron
    Catherine O'Connor
    Catherine O'Connor
    • Art Patron
    Bill Dempsey
    • Cabbie
    Joe Leroy Reynolds
    Joe Leroy Reynolds
    • Bartender
    • (as Joe Leroy Reynolds Jr.)
    • Director
      • James Kerwin
    • Writer
      • James Kerwin
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    User reviews12

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    3MadMax-47

    Move along, there's nothing to see here

    I had very low hopes for this movie, and it managed to fall below even those.

    Short form, if you've seen other films noir, you've seen this one, except done better. If you've seen a lot of film noir, you've seen everything in this one, because it seems to be little more than a visual mash-up of what's been done before.

    That in itself is bad enough, but the acting and the writing are atrocious. If you saw Super 8, at the end of the film you get the see the project film that all the kids are working on throughout the movie. "Yesterday was a Lie" is very slightly better than that. Given that the writer is also the director, and based on the fact that every performance is flat and fails to engage, I think the direction must also be at fault.

    There is philosophy to be found here. I would urge you to read up on mysticism and physics (particularly quantum mechanics) instead of spending your time on this movie. You'll learn a lot more, and in the end you will have spent your time more wisely.
    5msgrim-40175

    To much science and not enough fiction

    This film falls short to deliver a Twilight Zoneesque feel. Unless you're a Jungian or are familiar with Fred Hoyle and anything psychological or science for that matter, then this film will pass over your head. Love the noir atmosphere but the characters aren't believable in telling a noir style story. Chase Masterson is incredibly talented and gorgeous,and makes an attempt to be Virgil and walk Kipleigh Brown through a scientific Dante's Inferno. If this film were a student project for an astrophysics class, then it would have succeeded. Unfortunately it was presented as an actual film at Cannes. As a lover of science fiction, especially Twilight Zone and Star Trek I delve into this film expecting for a great deal of human factor drama and a blend of 1950's murder mystery and suspense. Instead I received a puzzle with pieces that are missing. If you watch this film research Fred Hoyle or read October First Is Too Late or keep the Sixth Sense and Dante's Inferno in mind.
    2BtzLtd

    waste of time travel

    A ridiculous amount of literary, science, and philosophy names are dropped in the first twenty minutes of this movie, in hopes that any pseudo-intellectual dick tracy fan will latch on to the story. unfortunately the story is already over, or at best meanders and returns to its inevitable conclusion. the wide brimmed fedora still doesnt look good on anyone, but i would like to visit a city with all 1960s cars, payphones, caller id, AND the internet
    1sashairk

    An amateurish pseudo-intellectual garbage

    Oh boy, oh boy! I should have been more careful when choosing what movie to watch. Truth to be said, I 'fell' for some excellent reviews of this film, and only 'post-factum' while trying to understand why I disliked it so much I discovered that all the people who on the Message Board who wrote rapturous messages of how great that film was wrote only one post each throughout all their membership 'carrier' at the IMDb and, besides, there's a suspiciously large amount of '10' votes which is very rare even for Oscar-awarded masterpieces that even though usually have the majority of good votes spread in the 8 to 10 range, but almost never only '10s'. Which inevitably lead me to the conclusion that most of the good votes for that film were fake.

    I believe that any film-maker should have enough self-respect rather than ask from his friends, colleagues, etc. and even voting by himself under different user names for the movie that he himself considers to be bad, otherwise, why should he bother to making such charade?

    Me and my wife were expecting some 'brainy' movie with interesting ideas, since we both love science fiction and interesting non- standard approach. That's why we also love David Lynch. It seems to me that the film maker tried to emulate David Lynch, but failed miserably, since despite good camera work the script was pretty amateurish and convoluted. Even two attractive lead actresses could not save the film, even though, as some consolation for the wasted time, it was pleasant to watch them. Some of the background music was clearly 'borrowed' from Pink Floyd's Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

    This being said, I want to wish James Kerwin success in his future endeavors. He haven't done any serious work so far so any beginning is not easy. Along with that I have just one request: please, no more fake reviews, OK? Have some self-respect, man!
    vampyrecowboy

    Though the camera work was great...

    the plot seemed to be a mess.

    Somewhere the story was lost - and the movie relied solely on trying to be a film-noir 0 which it couldn't and trying to rely on it's characters or actors to bring out the interest - which it lacks.

    The two female leads didn't initiate any real chemistry and if it was to be a lesbian love story, there was none.

    While the singer looked great and performed great on-stage - the rest of her presence didn't offer anything.

    The other characters pop in and out for no reason that is memorable.

    In fact the entire story is far from memorable.

    The only thing that I did like was the lighting and camera work and music.

    Plot, acting and story failed for trying to be too much and offering too little.

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      Followed by The Making of 'Yesterday Was a Lie': Featurette (2010)
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      The Very Thought of You
      Written by Ray Noble

      Performed by Chase Masterson

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Вчера была ложь
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Entertainment One
      • eOne Features
      • Helicon Arts Cooperative
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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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