The Good Liar

Aging grifter Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) was looking for the big score that would set up his retirement, and he thought it arrived when he made the online acquaintance of recently widowed, wealthy, and ailing Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren). Charming his way into her life--and past the objections of her wary grandson (Russell Tovey)--he might ultimately find his last con job to have an unexpected uptake. Bill Condon’s riveting read on the Nicholas Searle thriller also stars Jim Vincent, Mark Lewis Jones. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.