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Plot

Rather surprisingly inspired by a true story, this made-for-cable movie stars Joely Richardson as Laren Sims, a career con artist who jumps probation and takes it on the lam with her long-suffering young daughter, Haylei (Hayden Panettiere). Using a stolen car and stolen credit cards, Laren ends up in Las Vegas, where she manages to persuade wealthy lawyer and horseman Lucas Mckenzie (Colm Feore) into marriage. Careful not to reveal her sordid past to her new husband, Laren insists to the doubting Haylei (who has been violently opposed to the marriage from the start) that she intends to turn over a new leaf -- and further, that all of her past crimes were committed out of love for her daughter! The trail of lies begins to unravel when Laren's previous life comes back to haunt her, leading inexorably to murder. Lies My Mother Told Me premiered March 7, 2005, on the Lifetime network.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Thriller
Distributor(s):
Lifetime
Director(s):
Christian Duguay
Starring:
Joely Richardson , Hayden Panettiere , Colm Feore , Jasmine Berg , Leisha Hailey
Themes:
Femmes Fatales,Double Life,Cons and Scams,Mothers and Daughters
Tone:
Bittersweet,Lurid,Ominous,Sentimental
Language:
English