The Invention of LyingOverview and Synopsis

  • The Invention of Lying
  • Opened October 2, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 39 min.
  • PG-13
    language including some sexual material and a drug reference
  • A man named Mark (Ricky Gervais ) lives in an alternate reality in which lying doesn’t exist. Everyone tells the truth and only the truth. In a world where everyone is blunt and truthfully honest, Mark discovers the concept of lying. With the Read More
  • Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis C.K., Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill
  • Director: Ricky Gervais
  • Genres: Comedy

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  • Ricky Gervais as Mark, Jennifer Garner as Anna and Louis C.K. as Greg in "The Invention of Lying."
  • Jennifer Garner as Anna McDoogles, Rob Lowe as Brad Kessler and Ricky Gervais as Mark Bellison in "The Invention of Lying."
  • Jennifer Garner as Anna and Ricky Gervais as Mark in "The Invention of Lying."

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  • Ricky Gervais at the California premiere of "The Invention of Lying."
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  • WASTE OF TIME
    by ur2

    A friend and I went to see the move. We were the only 2 in the theater which should have been a BIG clue. It was the worst movie we'd ever seen. We gave it a good chance to get better. Nothing...Read More

  • Man I am a normal fun guy but...
    by birac

    ...I tell ya,God is not something you mess around with. He is real and He wants all of us to go to heaven by believing it.That's all. Do it brothers and sisters. The good works,they'll be...Read More

  • honest and mean and hurtful
    by Creative Director

    So the idea of a world where no one can tell a lie, so they are brutally honest and mean and hurtful to each other is FUNNY!... for about 1 minute. Then you are left with over an hour of characters...Read More

  • Really people???
    by Dmmac80

    First off not one of my all time favorites, but it did make me laugh a lot. The first 30 are the funniest string of humor. But the movie does a good job throughout to find absured ways to make some...Read More

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  • "The Invention of Lying. Ah, yes . . . brilliant really, hmmm . . . sorry, lying." Los Angeles Times

    - Betsey Sharkey

  • "...simple and fun but stretched to the limit." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

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