The Invention of Lying

United States

2009

99 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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DIR Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson

EXEC Sue Baden-Powell, Terry Douglas, Ted Field, Paris Kasidokostas Latsis, Asif Satchu, Modi Wiczyk

PROD Dan Lin, Lynda Obst, Oliver Obst, Ricky Gervais

SCR Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson

CAST Ricky Gervais, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Louis C.K., Tina Fey, Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Christopher Guest, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Stephanie March, Donna Sorbello, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jimmi Simpson, Martin Starr, Stephen Merchant

It’s a world where everyone tells the truth – and just about anything they’re thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He’s short and chunky with a flat nose – a genetic pool that means he won’t get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the moment he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother’s on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he’s basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? —IMDb

Director

Ricky Gervais

Born in Reading, England, Ricky Gervais worked in the music industry as a radio DJ, band manager, and music supervisor before getting into comedy. As a writer, he provided scripts for the U.K. television series Bruiser and The Sketch Show. As an actor, he was seen quite a bit on The 11 O’Clock Show and provided the voice of the Penguin in the animated show Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe. In 2000, he had his own show called Meet Ricky Gervais. On the big screen, Gervais appeared as the bouncer in the U.K. comedy Dog Eat Dog. He’s most known, however, as the writer/director/star of the hit BBC comedy series The Office. He plays David Brent, regional manager of the Wernham Hogg paper company in the London industrial suburb of Slough. A brilliant observation of the contemporary workplace, the show has won a variety of awards over in Britain. Gervais received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2003. Projects for 2004 include voice work on the animated… read more

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rik peeters

3Feb13

Jennifer Garner is pretty. The end. :(

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Effendi Ben Smith-Malick

22Jan13

I wouldn't mind a world where no one could lie. I also wouldn't mind a world where I wasn't always depressed, alone, jobless and 82,000 dollars in debt to student loans. Well, beggars can't be choosers I suppose. *drinks* Cheers. Oh also it would be cool if there was a world where Larissa Olyenik would go on a date with me.

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