India Synopsis
“Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.”
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
The 2013–2015 India Window
288 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Good Lie sits at position #26.
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The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Good Lie premiered. 919 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 50m runtime, production spent $182K per minute on screen and earned $31K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #230 of 1,983 India films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #173 of 1,132 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | India, Kenya, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Alcon Entertainment, Black Label Media, Blue Sky Africa, Reliance Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | September 10, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt2652092 |