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Liar, Liar
1997
An unctuous, smooth-talking divorce attorney's propensity for propitious prevarication may wow the juries, but his five-year-old son Max wants an end to the lies. So when Dad blows off the boy's birthday bash with yet another weak excuse, Max wishes his dad to spend a whole day incapable of lying. And lo and behold, the wish .. Read more
| Starring | Jim Carrey, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe, Swoosie Kurtz |
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| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Liar, Liar
An unctuous, smooth-talking divorce attorney's propensity for propitious prevarication may wow the juries, but his five-year-old son Max wants an end to the lies. So when Dad blows off the boy's birthday bash with yet another weak excuse, Max wishes his dad to spend a whole day incapable of lying. And lo and behold, the wish comes true, with hilariously disastrous results in the courtroom.
| Starring | Jim Carrey, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe, Swoosie Kurtz, Cary Elwes |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 24 Mar 2003 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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In this hilarious comedy, Jim Carrey stars as ruthless lawyer and compulsive liar Fletcher Reede, who misses his son's birthday party and is “cursed” to tell the truth for 24 hours. Carrey's frenzied physical and vocal contortions provide lots of amusing comic moments, as well as a few riotous ones, and the role is not only tailor-made for his rubber-faced antics but also gives him an opportunity to show a more human side. His bravura performance is reminiscent of Steve Martin's body battle in All of Me, as he hurls inadvertent insults and digs himself into an abyss in the middle of a big divorce case.
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A comedy that merges Carrey's now familiar frenetic mugging with some gruesome sentimentality; soft-centred slapstick is not a pretty sight.
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Lair Liar is another genius performance by jim carey. A father, that misses everything family related so that he can futher his career but always has an excuss, misses his sons birthday but that is the last straw. His son makes a wish on his birthday candles "i wish for one day my dad cant tell a lye" laughter and fun to follow. If you want a laugh get this film
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Awful!!!
If you have a primitive sense of humour funny may be, but the movie does not in my opinion deserve the stars it has been given. If you have nothing else to watch go ahead rent it but otherwise you are not missing anything! Honest.
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There is nothing remotely Christmassy about the new Jim Carrey movie – released in cinemas on Boxing Day – but it is a film of great good cheer. It’s been a while since Carrey did an out and out comedy – unless you count Fun With Dick and Jane, which we don’t. Yes Man isn’t going to figure in any top ten lists or Oscar prognostications, but it takes a simple idea and runs with it, reminding us how Carrey became such a big star in the first place. Carl Allen... Read more
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