Dangerous Lies kept popping up at the top of my list of things Netflix thought I’d like. It had several female lead characters so I watched it.
Dangerous Lies turned out to be mediocre and disappointing. Even a promising roster of women actors couldn’t make this mishmash of a film good.
The very broke Katie (Camila Mendes) gets a job taking care of Leonard (Elliott Gould). Leonard is a nice old guy, living all alone in a huge house. Katie is a good caretaker, conscientious and careful.
![Camila Mendes and Jessie T. Usher in Dangerous Lies](https://oldaintdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dangerouslies-1.jpg)
Katie is married to Adam (Jessie T. Usher). He’s jobless. After working for Leonard for about 4 months, Katie gets Adam a job as a gardener for Leonard. Two weeks later Leonard is dead.
![Sasha Alexander in Dangerous Lies](https://oldaintdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dangerouslies-2.jpg)
Det. Chesler (Sasha Alexander) is the cop who investigates. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary about the death. But odd things start happening to Katie and Adam.
A realtor, Ray Gaskin (Sean Owen Roberts), is very aggressive about wanting to buy the house. A lawyer, Julia (Jamie Chung), appears with a will that leaves all of Leonard’s estate to Katie. And maybe there was a murder. Or two.
I didn’t like the racial overtones in pointing fingers at who might be guilty among the cast. I didn’t like the twists and turns in the plot that were improbable and unbelievable. I thought the relationship between Katie and Adam was off – he couldn’t be both wonderful and terrible.
Something huge would happen and Katie would just stand there. Why not call the police or an ambulance? What the heck? Unbelievable. You want a good mystery about an old man and his caretaker? Watch Knives Out.
Here’s a nice poster for the Camila Mendes fans to pin to Pinterest.
![the poster for Dangerous Lies](https://i0.wp.com/oldaintdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dangerouslies-p.jpg?fit=691%2C1024&ssl=1)
Take a look at the trailer.
Have you seen Dangerous Lies? Did you agree with me, or do you think it’s a terrific movie?