Oct 28, 2009

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying is a Ricky Gervais movie with Jennifer Garner set in an alternate universe where the human race has never evolved the ability to lie. Then a local loser spontaneously evolves the ability to lie and uses this to amass personal gain and become Jesus.

Ignoring the obvious scientific inaccuracies and the fact that the inability to lie makes a world with no religion and no normative statements, the movie was on a whole a disappointment. I've never been a fan of Ricky Gervais's work, and now that I've actually seen one of his movies, my dislike has been justified. Even the idea behind the movie is childish and its execution left me feeling that the more interesting aspects were covered only briefly while I had to sit through watching Gervais act like a loser.
Still, it was mildly entertaining at points.

My Rating:

2 1/2 Arbitrary Shapes

3 comments:

  1. I didn't see it, but I do like Ricky Gervais usually. He's amusing.

    Of course I've only seen his older stuff and haven't seen any of his recent movies.

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  2. I haven't seen anything else of his, but it seems that he seems to play the same characters in all his films. Incidentally, you might want to see this anyway because Jonah Hill is in it.

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