
A cyclist is killed, swiped by a Range Rover in a village lane. James and Anne Manning become involved because the victim is the husband of their cleaner, Maggie. James, a solicitor in the city, soon comes to suspect William Bule, a millionaire playboy who has moved back to the village. William, pressed by James, confesses to the hit and run. But the confession is clouded by Anne's admission of her affair with William.... (Full plot summary below)
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A cyclist is killed, swiped by a Range Rover in a village lane. James and Anne Manning become involved because the victim is the husband of their cleaner, Maggie. James, a solicitor in the city, soon comes to suspect William Bule, a millionaire playboy who has moved back to the village. William, pressed by James, confesses to the hit and run. But the confession is clouded by Anne's admission of her affair with William.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA challenging, intelligent adult chiller. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayFellowes has brought intelligence and control to the eternally vexing question of whether the right thing is always the good thing. |
| Orlando WeeklyJohn ThomasonThis may seem like a bleak ride, but the performances are so compelling that it's impossible to look away. |
| Palm Beach Daily NewsFrank HoustonWilkinson roars through Separate Lies with all the bitter tenacity of a successful man blindsided by the news that everything in his life is not an unqualified triumph. |
| Entertainment InsidersJonathan W. HickmanFellowes (the writer of Robert Altman's Gosford Park) smartly doesn't allow the story to get out of control, rather, tells it straight retaining an elegant credibility. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesAt 85 minutes the movie is beautifully focused, reaching deep into its characters as they confront terrible secrets but never sacrificing momentum as the mystery unravels. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThis material could easily have devolved into soap opera or romantic melodrama, but Wilkinson and Watson's superb, subtle performances lend it tremendous depth and gravity. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWilkinson once again astonishes with his ability to convey weakness and strength, hypocrisy and gallantry, cruelty and compassion in the same male animal. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe story presents a moral morass involving betrayal, illicit sex, hypocrisy and a crime, yet the film feels tidy. Only one punch gets thrown, and you sense the perpetrator regrets his action immediately. It is all very British. |
| Village VoiceLaura SinagraFellowes's larger goal seems to be making sympathetic characters of Anne and Bule, who for all their lovey-doveyness never emerge as much more than rich twits à la "The Great Gatsby." |