“Clayface” Does Not Save a Cat
This feels like the creative team wanted to make a body horror film, but the studio wanted to make another generic blockbuster.

Daniel Alexander Betts (born December 10, 1971 in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England). He trained under Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes at the Drama Centre, London, graduating in 1993. His varied career has included many roles on the British and International stage, as well as TV and film work including Fury (2014), and the upcoming Brad Pitt films War Machine (2016) and Allied (2016).
This feels like the creative team wanted to make a body horror film, but the studio wanted to make another generic blockbuster.
At first glance, “The Good Liar” is a respectable piece of fiction, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. But underneath everything, the film expertly hones the unpredictability of deceit.