"They are forced to face the limitations of their lives and marriage through a series of conversations that reveal to both characters what they are capable of living with and what they are not willing to live without."
"Cuesta had been told on numerous occasions not to work with children as leads for what one would assume to be obvious reasons but he continues to prove them all wrong. In L.I.E., he directed a young Paul Dano through a budding discovery of his potential homosexuality while navigating the difficult waters of a relationship between a 16-year-old and someone at least 40 years older. "
"Cuesta had been told on numerous occasions not to work with children as leads for what one would assume to be obvious reasons but he continues to prove them all wrong. In L.I.E., he directed a young Paul Dano through a budding discovery of his potential homosexuality while navigating the difficult waters of a relationship between a 16-year-old and someone at least 40 years older. "