In a world where people speak the truth and have no concept ofdeception, a young man about to lose everything invents the 'lie' for personal gain. When every word is assumed to be the absolute truth, Mark easily lies his way to fame and fortune.
31 January 1977, Eastchester, New York, USA
28 May 1981, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
8 September 1977, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
17 March 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
11 July 1977, Los Angeles County, California, USA
20 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 April 1963
12 September 1967, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
9 December 1954
26 February 1978, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
14 January 1969, Rye, New York, USA
7 July 1951, Detroit, Michigan, USA
6 August 1977, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
4 November 1965, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
January 26, 2014
Light and disposable entertainment to be sure, but that trademark dry Gervais wit keeps the proceedings engaging enough.
October 05, 2009
I think the first half hour would be almost impossible to sustain because it is so inspired.
October 05, 2009
The last third of the movie is as bad as anything I've seen this year, with the laughs trailing off, and half of the supporting characters, the zestier ones, being airbrushed from the frame.
November 22, 2009
There are cycles of inspiration and rebirth, but the barbed promise of the early going loses its way in choices aimed at sentimentality rather than, as Harvey Kurtzman memorably put it, humor in a jugular vein.
October 04, 2009
That a great comic idea does not necessarily make for a great screen comedy is the lesson for first-time writer-director-star Ricky Gervais as he comes unstuck.
June 29, 2011
The premise is clever but the film is not bold enough
October 29, 2010
The comedy is definitely there, but a heavy romantic focus drags it down in parts.
September 29, 2011
Gervais' satiric barbs on religion, beauty, disillusionment and the basic human need for hope aim for our comfort zones, and they all hit home.
September 29, 2012
As mildly amusing as it can be in places, it still won't convince non-fans that Gervais can play anything other than the fool.
October 27, 2010
While there is nothing wrong with a comedy engaging in religious satire, neither Gervais nor Robinson seems willing to take on the topic thoughtfully.
October 05, 2009
It's bogged down in too many squishy romantic-comedy pieties.
October 02, 2009
Despite the ambitious scope of its premise, this confounding, disappointing and, in the end, depressing movie is content to devote 80 percent of its screen time to wondering who gets to kiss the girl.
