STARRING: Ricky Gervais (Night at the Museum); Jennifer Garner (13 Going on 30); Rob Lowe (Thank You for Smoking)DIRECTORS: Matthew Robinson & Ricky Gervais (newcomer)
WRITERS: Matthew Robinson & Ricky Gervais (The Office, Extras)
PLOT: In a world where only the truth is told, Mark Bellison is the first person to lie and uses it to his advantage.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 The first half of The Invention of Lying is genius. Everyone telling the truth is very funny. Coke’s truth in advertising, pre-sipped drinks and the real name of the old folks were stand-outs for me.
4 Unfortunately, the second half of the film falls short. The love story takes way too long to resolve. Things get a bit repetitious and even cliché. It’s too bad the story lost its way.
4What is interesting is not only does everyone speak the truth, they also speak everything that is going on in their mind; almost like an inner monologue. Does keeping things in your head constitute lying? The definition should have been made a bit more clear for the audience. There even seems to be a possible mistake where a waiter is attracted to Rob Lowe’s character but keeps his mouth shut. Double standard or mistake? Who knows?
4 I guess everyone wants to work with Ricky Gervais. There are some fun cameos by Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Bateman and Stephen Merchant. Hope I didn’t ruin it for you.
4 Love Gervais’ narration over the opening company credits. Great start to the film.
RECOMMENDATION
Wait for DVD
(At least the first half)
COMING SOON
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