Liar Liar
Cast
Jim Carrey .... Fletcher Reede
Maura Tierney .... Audrey Reede
Justin Cooper .... Max Reede
Cary Elwes .... Jerry
Anne Haney .... Greta
Directed by
Tom Shadyac
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
6/10. Jim Carrey can be funny when he wants to be. Although he isn't the
greatest comedian, he's sometimes quuite funny. His attempts at
dramatic work aren't half bad, either. His prime of comedies came in
the late 90's, with such movies like Liar Liar. In it, the script's
written for him and he doesn't need to do any acting, just make faces
at the camera. That has got to be the world's easiest job.
Carrey plays Fletcher Reede, a lawyer who is known for winning a case
in any way possible. However, he rarely has time for his wife and
son, so they break up. And any time that he is supposed to do
something with his son, Fletcher never makes it and makes an excuse.
So for his son's birthday, he wishes that his father would never tell
a lie for one whole day. And lo and behold, it comes true. On the day
of Fletcher's most important case, he can't tell a single lie, which
causes distress in his job and more.
For the most part, Liar Liar is a good comedy. It's entertaining,
it's humorous, and a plot that goes someplace. Although some of the
subplots don't really go anyplace, or don't really work, like his
wife's new relationship, it did open up another trademark
Carrey "funny thing", like The Mask did with "Smokin'!" and Ace
Ventura did with "All righty then!", and that is the whole thing
about The Claw, which is pretty funny. Tom Shadyac seems to know how
to direct Carrey and not to really have the camera off of him, which
works well, since his constant mugging to the camera and his zany
antics are basically what make up the movie.
On the downside of everything, though, there's one thing that takes
away from the movie. That's the lack of laughter that was going
through me. Although it's very entertaining, and something I would be
able to watch again, I never really laughed much, I was just
entertained throughout, which is all I asked for.
Rated PG-13 for sex related humor and language.
Running time: 86 minutes
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