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The Invention of Lying, 2009

Hell-o all! I have to be honest I am not a huge a fan of Ricky Gervais unless he is pissing people off with his crude British humour which I enjoy, nothing funnier than causing offensive especially to those Hollywood types. So when choosing this film I knew I was not going to see Ricky Gervais at his finest but everyone has to pay the bills although that being said for God's sake its Ricky f****ing Gervais like he needs this sappy rom-com which then leads to the question why would he even bother with this?? The Invention of Lying is clearly the sappy romantic comedy that is most likely to be mediocre.

The Invention of Lying begins in a world were no human being could tell a lie but it goes beyond not being able to lie but people are insistent of telling the truth even if not asked. Which I think film actually infers. The movie starts with sad and pathetic Mark (Gervais) who is an unsuccessful screenwriter in love with Anna (Jennifer Garner). Anna is out of his league and she makes sure he knows this by constantly reminding him. Although I understand in this world there is no lying but what's the deal with over sharing? Unsurprisingly Mark somehow invents lying. For someone who is quite the fibber it intrigues me how these people don't realise how easy it is for them to tell a lie.

Misery guts Mark (Gervais)

The Invention of Lying is not terrible but it does not come close to being anywhere near good either. There are many things about the movie I really enjoyed while others were clear let downs. The so called love story between Anna and Mark was just ridiculous and annoying. The celebrity cameos were awesome and brought much of the laughs. The film also pokes fun at religion with some valid arguments about how crazy religion sounds. Despite the cameos and interesting insight about lying and how easy it is for us to tell lies about 3/4 the movie starts to lag. Further the film takes this detour into nowhere and story suffers from it. Then after this weird and unnecessary turn the film quickly and neatly ends. The ending is far too forced and left a sour taste in my mouth.

Final Verdict: The Invention of Lying was not a horrible film but it has many faults. One of it's major faults was the main story between Mark and Anna was just boring. As a black rapper might have once said I'm not feelin' it, dog. Although the ending was bad and the middle was kind of confusing the build-up and beginning was pretty hilarious so the film wins brownies points for it. 6/10

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The Invention of Lying, 2009

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