Movie Review: The Invention of Lying
3 1/2 out of 5 stars
The movie starts out with the omnipresent narrator describing a world where no one can lie. The voice displays the absurdity of the world in total, then specifically into the life of Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais). He works for a film company, but since no one can lie, all the movies are completely historically accurate (Boring!). Mark is the typical nerd and has no luck at work, with his family life, or with women. He is subsequently fired, and he then becomes the first human on the face of the earth to lie. His entire demeanor changes; Mark becomes confident and decides to tell the world about the "man in the sky". This is the first time that anyone has heard about God, and Mark gives the world his commandments. In the end he gets the girl (Jennifer Garner) and keeps his newly gained confidence. And they live happily ever after (blah. blah. blah.)and Mark becomes legendary as the man who talks to the 'man in the sky'.
Overall this was a pretty funny movie. The nursing home was called something like 'the home to abandon hopeless old people' and the church "a quiet place to think about the man in the sky." Hilarity ensued in the beginning of the movie when everyone told the truth, no matter how inappropriate, mean or careless.
However, do not see this movie if you are easily offended by religious aberrations. This movie is eccentric in its challenge of religious norms, in a world where God does not exist because he has never been seen or proven. Many traditional Christian values are also slightly mocked (The priest wears a silhouette of Bellison holding the pizza box commandments instead of a crucifix, etc.) But no real harm is meant by these examples, as they are all part of the comedy and are not malicious.
If the above does not offend you, definitely go to see this movie. It is well worth the $12 admission for the amount of laughs it gets.
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