The film stars Reese Witherspoon in the lead role, alongside Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, and Corey Stoll.

[7] During the Second Sudanese Civil War, siblings Mamere, Paul, Jeremiah, Theo, Daniel, and Abital escape after their families and village.

As their sister tearfully leaves, Jeremiah, Mamere, and Paul board the flight to Kansas City and meet a brash employment counselor who helps them find jobs, and Pamela, who provides them with their house and support.

Jeremiah works at a grocery store and teaches Sunday school at a local church, but later quits because he was caught giving old food to a homeless person rather than throwing it away.

After a tearful farewell, Theo leaves and is embraced by his siblings upon arrival in the United States; Mamere remains in Kenya and works at the camp hospital.

The website's critical consensus reads, "The Good Lie sacrifices real-life nuance in order to turn its true story into a Hollywood production, but the results still add up to a compelling, well-acted, and deeply moving drama.

The US District Judge initially granted the defendant's motion to dismiss but allowed the suit to be refiled if the plaintiffs subsequently and successfully registered the copyright of the interviews.