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.
Audience Engagement
459 audience reviews — more than 98% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among India films.
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The 2013–2015 India Window
Among 288 India films we catalog from this window, The Good Lie places #26 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Good Lie premiered alongside 91 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 50m runtime, production spent $182K per minute on screen and earned $31K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 91 other India films in 2014.
The 1109th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
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 |