Sandra Oh Is 'The Woman Who Can't Lie' in Fun Ad for Canadian Film Fest

Leo Burnett pitches National Canadian Film Day 150

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Who can you trust for an honest assessment of the movies being screened at Reel Canada’s National Canadian Film Day 150 on April 19?

Grey’s Anatomy alum Sandra Oh certainly seems like a good bet, based on her character in “The Woman Who Can’t Lie,” a cinema ad from Leo Burnett Toronto directed by actor and screenwriter Don McKellar.

Oh’s exaggeratedly prim demeanor and deadpan delivery carry the day, as she critiques everything from the “gum-to-lip ratio” of a woman she meets at a party to the unfulfilling sexual performance of a chagrined partner:

Well, she seems nice!

In a second spot, directed by Atom Egoyan (Exotica, Chloe), Vinay Virmani portrays “The Man Who Was Always Late.”

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