Liar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (1997) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.
The film is the second of three collaborations between Carrey and Shadyac, the first being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the third being Bruce Almighty. It is also the second of three collaborations between Guay and Mazur, the others being The Little Rascals and Heartbreakers. It has been unofficially remade in Bollywood as Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta.
Contents Plot In Los Angeles career-focused lawyer Fletcher Reede (Carrey) loves his son Max, but his inability to keep his promises and compulsively lying in lieu of his career often causes problems between them and with his ex-wife Audrey, who has become involved with another man named Jerry. An impressive defense attourney, Fletcher is not shy about exaggerating the stories of his clients, and his current client Samantha Cole has garnered the attention of Mr. Allen, a partner at the law firm in which Fletcher works. With the pressure being put on him, Fletcher lies to Max about missing his birthday due to work, when he is actually sleeping with another attourney Miranda in order to get a promotion. Dejected, Max makes a birthday wish that for one day his father cannot tell a lie. The wish immediately comes true, and Fletcher is put in an awkward circumstance of telling Miranda he's "had better" after they've had sex.
The following day, Fletcher immediately determines that he is unable to lie or to withhold a true answer, often uncontrollably blurting out painful and often outrageous truths that set him on the outs with most of his coworkers and ending up in jail for several parking violations. This comes to a head when he realizes that he is unable to ask questions when he knows the answer will be a lie, which is inconvenient as Samantha and her alleged affair partner Kenneth Faulk are willing to commit perjury to win the high profile case and he cannot ask him the questions they have been given answers for. Realizing that Max had wished for this to happen, Fletcher tries to convince him that adults need to lie, but cannot answer why he should continue to lie to his son. Fletcher's erratic behavior in court leads to several questions of his sanity as he objects and badgers and provokes his witnesses into truthfully admitting they had an affair against Samantha and her husband's prenuptual agreement. Fletcher loses his loyal assistant Greta after admitting he'd falsified gifts and reasons for denying her pay raises and Audrey tells him that she is moving with Max to Boston with Jerry to prevent anymore heartbreaks from Fletcher's broken promises.
Finding a technicality that Samantha was underage when she signed the prenup renders it void and she is entitled to half of Mr. Cole's estate, but when she decides to contest custody of their children who Mr. Cole dearly loves just for a chance at more money, Fletcher has a stroke of conscience and has himself arrested for contempt of court in his outcry. Greta returns and frees Fletcher from jail, who realizes that telling the truth has made him a better man and he rushes to the airport to stop Audrey and Max from leaving forever. He misses their flight, but steals a motorized staircase to stop the flight, he succeeds by causing a crash with the stairs and resulting in the breaking of both of his legs. After coming to, he admits to Max how much he cares about him and how sorry he was for breaking his promises, despite no longer under the wish's influence, Fletcher means what he says and that Max is his priority and Max convinces Audrey to stay in Los Angeles.
One year later, Fletcher is healed and is running his own law firm with Greta as his continued assistant. Max makes a wish with his birthday cake and the lights come on to reveal Fletcher and Audrey kissing, but explains he wished for rollerblades and not for them to get back together, meaning Audrey legitimately wants to reconcile. Fletcher clutches his hands into "The Claw" -a game he likes to play with Max by chasing him- and chases him and Audrey around the house with it.
Cast
Reception Critical response The film received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 81% of 53 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 6.9 out of 10.[3]
Critic Roger Ebert stated, "I am gradually developing a suspicion, or perhaps it is a fear, that Jim Carrey is growing on me", as he had given bad reviews for his previous films Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.[4]
American Film Institute recognition:
Plot similarities The plot of the film bears a striking resemblance to an episode of the Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 14 "The Whole Truth", in which a used car salesman comes into ownership of a car that is haunted and forces him to tell the truth so long as he owns it. Parallels are even made in that the salesman's assistant asks for a raise, and he is compelled to come clean that there is no raise.[6][7]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Liar
I would recommend this movie for everyone. But especially for those who are in a bad mood. This movie can change that for real. A lot of funny episodes watchable over and over again. Movie for TOP 10 categories.
The film is the second of three collaborations between Carrey and Shadyac, the first being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the third being Bruce Almighty. It is also the second of three collaborations between Guay and Mazur, the others being The Little Rascals and Heartbreakers. It has been unofficially remade in Bollywood as Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta.
Contents Plot In Los Angeles career-focused lawyer Fletcher Reede (Carrey) loves his son Max, but his inability to keep his promises and compulsively lying in lieu of his career often causes problems between them and with his ex-wife Audrey, who has become involved with another man named Jerry. An impressive defense attourney, Fletcher is not shy about exaggerating the stories of his clients, and his current client Samantha Cole has garnered the attention of Mr. Allen, a partner at the law firm in which Fletcher works. With the pressure being put on him, Fletcher lies to Max about missing his birthday due to work, when he is actually sleeping with another attourney Miranda in order to get a promotion. Dejected, Max makes a birthday wish that for one day his father cannot tell a lie. The wish immediately comes true, and Fletcher is put in an awkward circumstance of telling Miranda he's "had better" after they've had sex.
The following day, Fletcher immediately determines that he is unable to lie or to withhold a true answer, often uncontrollably blurting out painful and often outrageous truths that set him on the outs with most of his coworkers and ending up in jail for several parking violations. This comes to a head when he realizes that he is unable to ask questions when he knows the answer will be a lie, which is inconvenient as Samantha and her alleged affair partner Kenneth Faulk are willing to commit perjury to win the high profile case and he cannot ask him the questions they have been given answers for. Realizing that Max had wished for this to happen, Fletcher tries to convince him that adults need to lie, but cannot answer why he should continue to lie to his son. Fletcher's erratic behavior in court leads to several questions of his sanity as he objects and badgers and provokes his witnesses into truthfully admitting they had an affair against Samantha and her husband's prenuptual agreement. Fletcher loses his loyal assistant Greta after admitting he'd falsified gifts and reasons for denying her pay raises and Audrey tells him that she is moving with Max to Boston with Jerry to prevent anymore heartbreaks from Fletcher's broken promises.
Finding a technicality that Samantha was underage when she signed the prenup renders it void and she is entitled to half of Mr. Cole's estate, but when she decides to contest custody of their children who Mr. Cole dearly loves just for a chance at more money, Fletcher has a stroke of conscience and has himself arrested for contempt of court in his outcry. Greta returns and frees Fletcher from jail, who realizes that telling the truth has made him a better man and he rushes to the airport to stop Audrey and Max from leaving forever. He misses their flight, but steals a motorized staircase to stop the flight, he succeeds by causing a crash with the stairs and resulting in the breaking of both of his legs. After coming to, he admits to Max how much he cares about him and how sorry he was for breaking his promises, despite no longer under the wish's influence, Fletcher means what he says and that Max is his priority and Max convinces Audrey to stay in Los Angeles.
One year later, Fletcher is healed and is running his own law firm with Greta as his continued assistant. Max makes a wish with his birthday cake and the lights come on to reveal Fletcher and Audrey kissing, but explains he wished for rollerblades and not for them to get back together, meaning Audrey legitimately wants to reconcile. Fletcher clutches his hands into "The Claw" -a game he likes to play with Max by chasing him- and chases him and Audrey around the house with it.
Cast
- Jim Carrey as Fletcher Reede
- Maura Tierney as Audrey Reede
- Justin Cooper as Max Reede
- Jennifer Tilly as Samantha Cole
- Amanda Donohoe as Miranda
- Jason Bernard as Judge Marshall Stevens
- Cary Elwes as Jerry
- Swoosie Kurtz as Dana Appleton
- Anne Haney as Greta
- Eric Pierpoint as Richard Cole
- Chip Mayer as Kenneth Falk
- Mitchell Ryan as Mr. Allan
- Randall "Tex" Cobb as Skull
- Cheri Oteri as Jane
- Marianne Muellerleile as Mrs. Berry
- Krista Allen as woman in elevator
Reception Critical response The film received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 81% of 53 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 6.9 out of 10.[3]
Critic Roger Ebert stated, "I am gradually developing a suspicion, or perhaps it is a fear, that Jim Carrey is growing on me", as he had given bad reviews for his previous films Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.[4]
American Film Institute recognition:
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs - Nominated[5]
Plot similarities The plot of the film bears a striking resemblance to an episode of the Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 14 "The Whole Truth", in which a used car salesman comes into ownership of a car that is haunted and forces him to tell the truth so long as he owns it. Parallels are even made in that the salesman's assistant asks for a raise, and he is compelled to come clean that there is no raise.[6][7]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Liar
I would recommend this movie for everyone. But especially for those who are in a bad mood. This movie can change that for real. A lot of funny episodes watchable over and over again. Movie for TOP 10 categories.