The Invention of Lying (2009)

Réalisateurs:

Ricky Gervais
Matthew Robinson

Scénaristes (WGA):

Ricky Gervais (written by) &
Matthew Robinson (written by)

Date de sortie:

2 octobre 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... ...this guy can lie.

Intrigue:

A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain. |

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Alternate Reality | Scriptwriter | Wedding | Homeless Man

Avis des utilisateurs:

Filled with unfortunate wasted opportunities, despite occasional insight and wit.

US Showtimes:

Beverly Center Cinemas

12:40pm | 3:50 | 6:30 | 9:40

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Ensemble

Ricky Gervais	...	Mark Bellison
Jennifer Garner	...	Anna McDoogles
Jonah Hill	...	Frank
Louis C.K.	...	Greg
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Anthony
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Martha Bellison
Rob Lowe	...	Brad Kessler
Tina Fey	...	Shelley
Donna Sorbello	...	Anna's Mother
Stephanie March	...	Blonde
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Landlord
John Hodgman	...	Wedding Overseer
Nathan Corddry	...	News Reporter
Jimmi Simpson	...	Bob
Martin Starr	...	Waiter #1

Autre(s) titre(s):

This Side of the Truth (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language including some sexual material and a drug reference.

Durée:

99 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45305) | UK:12A | Ireland:15A

Lieux de tournage:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Société:

Lin Pictures

Anecdotes:

The chapel where Jennifer Garner is getting married near the end of the film is the same chapel she was getting married in in her previous film, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009).

Goofs:

Continuité: In the bar scene, there is a full glass of beer in front of Mark. When the camera cuts to the bartender then back to Mark, his beer glass is near empty, now accompanied by several empty shot glasses.

Guillemet:

Mark Bellison: I did a bad thing...
Anna McDoogles: It's ok you get three!

Connexions De Film:

figure dans "Live from Studio Five: (#1.13)" (2009)

Bande son:

Mr Blue Sky

Filled with unfortunate wasted opportunities, despite occasional insight and wit.

To tell the truth, this is an unfortunate wasted opportunity. A shame, because there were themes here that I really believe in exploring: wry and witty (at times) comments on religion/faith and indictments of the wholly dishonest and shallow ways we all tend to go about living our lives on a daily basis. The concept should have been an inspired intellectual take on a kind of lame brainless genre, the broad magical/divine comedy in the vein of Jim Carrey's 'Liar, Liar', 'Yes Man' or 'Bruce Almighty', but it just never reaches it's potential.

I so genuinely want Ricky Gervais to succeed on film, but I'm afraid that his style of hilarity may just be too subtle to register up on the big screen. I have always loved Jennifer Garner and she shows here that she is no doubt a great comedienne. However, I would much rather watch her kick ass than make me laugh. Tina Fey brought nothing to her single scene role, for which she is given one of the top billing spots, and like several other cameos by big name actors, they really only end up as pointless distractions.

And speaking of distractions, anytime I notice heavy handed product placement in a film, my enjoyment of the film immediately goes down several notches, regardless of the rest of the films content. And aside from one product placement which actually was the basis for my favorite comedy bit in the film regarding truth in advertising, this film is otherwise shameless in this regard.

It's not that the film wasn't funny. It just wasn't funny enough.