The Invention of Lying
by Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
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Actor: Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Ricky GervaisDirector: Matthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
Published: 2010-01-01
DVD Release Date: 2010-01-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- In a world where people speak the truth and have no concept of deception, a young man about to lose everything invents the lie and goes on to change not just the nature of movie-making, but creates the basis of religion. After much effort, he also gets the girl he loves. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 Age: 883929047871 UPC: 883929047871 Manufacturer
Movie Reviews of The Invention of Lying
Movie Review: Truly spectacular--but in an odd sense
Summary: 5 Stars
This film plays out like a British reality TV show. It just feels a bit off, but bear with it. That is part of its charm. Around 37 minutes into it (if memory serves), "WHAM!", it follows true reality and goes completely off script. That's all I can tell you. But here's why you really need to see this movie:
It's pure genius. The whole of it has a rather laid back feel, and the pacing is more a nice leisurely stroll through the park on a warm Autumn day than a Jason Bourne movie or the latest Transformers (both of which I enjoyed, but have nothing more to do with this review). This film draws you in slowly. For some of you it may seem a bit dry and boring, even pedantic at first--stay with it! This is the evolution of personal existence. This is real life as it happens. We go through our days performing our daily rituals and fulfilling our self-imposed duties and then we see something shiny and we pick it up, and suddenly the world starts to find color. This shiny new thing could be a relationship, or a new hobby, a passion for something we did not believe we could have before--or in this case--lying.
The point of this film is (naturally) to entertain us, but just underneath is a series of layered messages and thoughts to ponder on our own lives and the society we live in. In much the same way foreign films tend to attract a certain demographic, this film, feeling a lot like a film foreign to Americans (in pace and structure) is meant to attract people who want to THINK while they are being entertained, rather than wait for glimpses of Megan Fox in a wet bikini (and who doesn't want to do that?). This is truly a film worth owning, and it is a film worth watching a few times (spaced apart by a few months). It gets under your skin and stays with you--and it will without a doubt upset more than a few knee-jerk religionists, but that is the other half of the fun.
The movie is interesting, enjoyable and slow-paced enough to simultaneously allow the slow-to-catch-on to get the joke, but also allow those a bit faster on the up-take to digest the meaning of the joke while enjoying the film. Not at all a first date movie, but if you want to evaluate the relationship quality of your current romantic prospect, this is a MUST SEE. Much like Blazing Saddles, this movie will instantly tell you whether youa re dating the right person for you.
As always, thanks for reading :-)
Summary of The Invention of Lying
Mark billison is a very unsuccessful screenwriter with little hope for the future. In this comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied film entertainment consists of readings of historical facts. Mark hoping for something livelier makes a momentous discovery-the intentionally false statement. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/19/2010 Starring: Ricky GervaisSimilar DVD Movies
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