The Truth About Lies Page #10

Synopsis: Gilby Smalls is having a meltdown. He's just been fired from his job, lost his apartment in a fire and his girlfriend gave him the boot. And it's only Wednesday. Now, at the ripe old age of thirty-something, he is forced to move in with May, his booze-swindling man-obsessed mother. This is the last straw. Gilby's life is bleak until best friend Kevin drags him to a family get-together, where he meets Rachel, Kevin's very beautiful but very married sister. Rachel is the very thing Gilby needs to get his life back on track. Desperate to impress her, Gilby starts to weave a web of lies; one bigger than the next. Now in a sticky mess, Gilby is forced to face the uncomfortable truth about himself before he can find a way out of his very own Lies. The Truth About Lies explores the potent role lying plays in relationships and life with some surprising results!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Phil Allocco
Production: Blue Fox Entertainment
  11 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
TV-14
Year:
2017
94 min
Website
172 Views


- I'll see you tonight.

- I'm gonna see you tonight, as well, okay?

- Wait, wait. Rachel!

- Tonight!

Oh, sh*t.

Hey, Eric.

- Hey, Brad.

- Uh, can I talk to you for a minute?

Not a good time. I'm already late.

- It's real important.

- Brad, please, can this wait?

Actually, Eric, we should

talk about it right now.

I don't-I don't know where Eric is.

I'm sure he'll be here any minute.

I don't know what's keeping him.

So, how about, in the meantime,

- we listen to some music or something?

- Music.

- Yeah? Good one?

- That's a great idea.

You wanna show me?

Sharon, I was... The other day...

I'm gonna...

No, I'm gonna... Yeah.

Hey-hey-hey, have-have

you thought about...

- No.

- No, no, you haven't?

We're not doing this.

What is goin' on here?

I'm trying to crack a vault or something.

What is going on here?

Hey, can I talk to you for a second?

- Yeah, hey.

- You're avoiding me, man. I can tell.

- What's goin' on?

- What are you talking about?

I'm here at your-your birthday party.

Kicking and screaming, you came here.

You don't wanna call

me. You don't return...

Hey, guys! Can I talk to you for a second?

- I was actually talking to him...

- Just a second, though.

- Who's helping Melvin?

- You should come with me.

- Okay, okay.

- Here you go. Thank you.

- Sharon, I...

- Come on.

Can I help with this? Turn the music on.

Music... I don't know

how to work the god...

- Rachel, do you know how to...

- Kevin, not now!

Whatever happened to "Happy

Birthday" and a smile?

These all-in-one

remotes never work.

I have no idea what is going on.

You think anyone else

is gonna join us here?

God, I hope not.

Isn't this place really great?

Hey, who is she? Are you with her?

What? What? Rachel? Are you kidding?

She is my boss' wife, for God sakes.

What does that have to do with anything?

Well... Oh, hey, hey!

- Do you know how to work this thing?

- Eric's here! Hey!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

- Oh, my God!

- That's for sleeping with my wife!

- Calm down.

- What?

- Are you crazy, Eric? Calm down!

I know everything, Rachel. Don't deny it!

- What are you talking about?

- How could you?

You all need to just calm down.

This is one big misunderstanding.

Look, it's impossible for

Gilby to sleep with your wife.

- Yes.

- And why is that?

Because Gilby is gay.

- What?

- What?

Yeah.

- You're gay?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Oh, Jesus.

Guys... I am gay.

I'm gay. So, we're gay.

No, I'm not gay!

All right, I admit it,

Rachel and I were together.

- What?

- You were cheating on me? You a**hole!

- What are you doing?

- Excuse me, what?

You're sleeping with your brother?

- Oh, my God, you are sick!

- What is wrong with you?

What kind of degenerate are you?

- No, no.

- That's sick. That's bad.

No, no.

She's not my sister!

Then who is she?

I am Gilby's girlfriend.

- What?

- Kind of.

- Ex! Ex-girlfriend!

- What the hell is goin' on?

Why don't you tell Rachel

about your company, Gilby?

- What are you talking about?

- He never had a company.

Brad ran a background search on this creep.

He's a complete scam artist.

It sounds worse than it is.

So, you lied to me about everything.

No, I was never more honest in my life

than when I was lying about all that stuff.

Gilby, You know what?

I need you to get out.

I wasn't lying when I said I loved you.

Would everybody stop hitting me?

Oh, my!

Everyone get the hell out of my house. Now!

I have just one question.

If you press the auxiliary 2 button,

is that the video monitor, or the...

Get out!

Ow.

Well, you must just be

so proud of yourself.

Oh, give it a rest, Sharon.

I started seeing her

after you broke up with me.

- Did you, really?

- Yeah.

Do you really love her?

I'm standing right here, guys.

- Do you mind?

- Oh, really? Is that where you are?

Hey, in fairness to long hair McCat here,

he's the only one who hasn't

been full of sh*t all night.

My birthday night.

Thanks.

Happy birthday.

- Oh, happy birthday,

- Oh, that's so nice.

I honestly wish you'd never been born.

I've never had a worse time.

- Hey, do you?

- What?

- Do you love her?

- Why?

Why d-why do you care?

What does it matter?

She obviously hates me.

Sharon, can we just go?

Just you go. Just-just go home, okay?

I just need to talk to him for a minute.

You know what? Fine!

- Do you love her?

- What about Calvin?

- You love him?

- No.

Well, what do you expect?

You screwed me over, Sharon.

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, come on.

- Come on.

- Gilby, I'm sorry.

Come on, stop.

Come on.

Come on. Don't cry.

What was the word you used? "Seeking?"

Yeah, that's why you needed

the gurus and the yogis.

That's why we spent all that money,

because they needed to help you

on your path to-to

spiritual enlightenment.

And yet, you're completely

morally bankrupt.

- I'm not...

- I haven't finished yet!

What happened to your quest for the truth?

I'm not happy!

Eric, I'm not happy,

and I haven't been for a very long time.

How can you not be happy?

I've given you everything,

and you're still not satisfied!

That's exactly it, right

there, what you just said.

It was never about any of this, okay?

Listen, I am not trying to make any excuses

because I know I screwed up.

And I never intentionally

meant to hurt you.

Well, you got what you needed...

permanent change.

My God.

Everything's great.

I mean, I finally understand what it means

to be in a-in a real relationship, now.

And we moved in together,

and th-that's great.

Uh, I got a great job.

Our future looks great.

Hey, Gil, look what just came in.

What? Oh, wow, look!

This is so cool. Look at you!

Hey-hey, I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

Listen, can we promise to just

never lie to each other again?

- Absolutely.

- Yeah?

I promise.

But, if you ever have a meaningless affair,

I don't wanna hear about it.

What-what... That would be lying.

Well, not if I don't ask.

Why? Did you sleep with Calvin?

Gilby, I already told

you. I didn't do that.

You don't need to ask again.

- You wanna know why he never made a move on you?

- Why?

I told him you'd like him a

lot more if he didn't kiss you.

Yeah, I was like, "Hey, I know my sister,

"and if you move too

fast, she will dump you."

You are so smart.

Yeah.

Sharon was wild in bed.

She was crazed all the time, really.

Like, she wore me out.

Oh, God. So you loved it?

It was fun.

All right, I shouldn't have asked.

Hey...

you aren't, um, jealous, are you?

No, I'm-I'm just surprised she gave you

such a thrill ride.

That's right. Regular thrill-seeker.

You're forgiven.

Hey, Andy. Where's Ann?

- Please don't remind me.

- What do you mean?

Oh, I guess you didn't hear.

- We broke up.

- Oh, my God!

- You're kidding me.

- Yeah.

I always kid about matters of the heart.

Ann wasn't right for me.

Plus, she slept with my sister's boyfriend.

- So, there's that.

- Wow.

Oh, my God. I'm sorry.

I thought you guys were

so perfect together.

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