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Big Fat Liar
2002
An eighth grader named Jason (Frankie Muniz from 'Malcom In The Middle') presents elaborate excuses for never completing his class assignments. Finally his teacher catches him in one of his worst lies ever, and she threatens him with summer school if he doesn't get his assignment to her by that evening. With all that experience .. Read more
| Starring | Paul Giamatti, Frankie Muniz, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison |
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| Director | Shawn Levy |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Big Fat Liar
An eighth grader named Jason (Frankie Muniz from 'Malcom In The Middle') presents elaborate excuses for never completing his class assignments. Finally his teacher catches him in one of his worst lies ever, and she threatens him with summer school if he doesn't get his assignment to her by that evening. With all that experience as a creative fibber, Jason writes a brilliant story entitled 'Big Fat Liar'. With five minutes to spare, Jason races to get it to his teacher when a limousine crashes into him. The occupant, a sneaky Hollywood producer named Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) gives Jason a ride, and Jason accidentally drops his assignment in the limo. Jason has to go to summer school and it sucks. But when he sees a preview for the movie that Marty made from the his story, he decides to exact revenge on the producer. He enlists Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), his best friend, to help him on his mission. They travel to Los Angeles and concoct a series of silly schemes to foil Marty's plans for fame and fortune with Jason's stolen story.
| Starring | Paul Giamatti, Frankie Muniz, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, Amanda Bynes |
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| Director | Shawn Levy |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Jun 2006 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This children's comedy starts well, but descends rather too readily into mean-spirited slapstick. Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz plays a 14-year-old habitual liar who's understandably disbelieved by his mum and dad when he tells the far-fetched truth for once: that an unscrupulous Hollywood film producer (Paul Giamatti) has filched his latest tall tale, and is turning it into the summer's movie blockbuster. Determined to restore his rep, Muniz therefore heads for Beverley Hills — cue lights, camera, traction as the pilfering producer gets his comeuppance. It's sad to see a quality actor such as Giamatti (Duets, Storytelling) in such degrading stuff, but at least the kids will enjoy seeing a teenager putting one over on an unscrupulous adult.
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Its intended youthful audience is unlikely to find much enjoyment in a quick tour of Hollywood and some feeble satire that is on offer here.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Family laughs
Enjoyable family comedy that comes from the old tale of the boy crying wolf. Jason lies so often that when he finally tells the truth his parents don't believe him. The humour is aimed at kids but parents can have a laugh too. I especially liked it when they turn him blue, what a day...
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
An ok movie, but I kept picturing frankie muntz as malcom (malcom in the middle) the sort of movie for a rainy sunday afternoon, when there is nothing on tv
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An eighth grader named Jason (Frankie Muniz from 'Malcom In The Middle') presents elaborate excuses for never completing his class assignments. Finally his teacher catches him in one of his worst ... -