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Hurrah for all involved in this quirky, delicious quasi-satircal film. Gervais has done a fantastic job in the entire enterprise, and his acting is... on a par with the rest of his accomplishments. Jennifer Garner, in a very difficult role, is superb. Yes, there are wonderful jabs at religion and idol worship, but they are handled adeptly and with generous bolts of tongue-in-cheek, but always funny, outlooks. There are a few slow moments, true, but the entire film is a fine 'What If...' work. 'What if...' it were not possible to tell a lie... and, then, someone discovers how to do it.... Wonderful. Full Review
June 09,2011
churei
horrible. wanted to stop watching halfway through but I didnt in hopes of it getting better...it never did.
April 30,2011
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All Christians boycott is evil "LIE" of a movie and these actors and actresses. . If "put aside falsehood" could have more of a... clear meaning it would is this! Full Review
July 12,2010
Bobster459
People, relax. Yes, there were several jokes about the Bible and Christianity, but like I said before, relax. It's just for fun. Obviously the makers... intended it that way. It's not a big deal anyways. I'm a Christian and I still found it funny. By the way, don't murder a movie's ratings just because you don't agree with it. The writing was very smart and the comedy was well timed. The editing was good and all in all they did a great job with the film. I love Ricky Gervais and he has such a great eye and ear for humor. So just sit back and enjoy the movie, or just don't ever watch it again. Seriously, it's not that big a deal. :) Full Review
June 06,2010
MadelynBell15
Starts off good but deteriorates in the second half.
April 23,2010
drarthurwells
Critic Reviews
In its amiable, quiet, PG-13 way, The Invention of Lying is a remarkably radical comedy.Full Review
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The performances are razor sharp. And the ideas in this movie are, no kidding, big.Full Review
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Gervais and Robinson take what might have been a cute concept comedy and elevate it to delicious heights.Full Review
Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter
By adhering to the romantic-comedy formula, The Invention of Lying stops short of being truly inventive. But enough sequences are fresh and inspired to make this a comedy honestly worth catching.Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
The film doesn’t traffic in drollery for its own sake. Between laughs, Lying uses its skewed reality to comment on our own need to create useful fictions to wallpaper over the abyss.Full Review
Keith Phipps
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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