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Release Date:
21 March 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
A fast track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after the lawyer turns his son down for the last time. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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5 nominations
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Christmas and new year TV films
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Weekly Poll Results: Favourite Jim Carrey Movie
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Jim Carrey is back in yet another great comedy, although it doesn't quite live up to the spectacular Dumb & Dumber.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jim Carrey | ... | Fletcher Reede | |
| Maura Tierney | ... | Audrey Reede | |
| Justin Cooper | ... | Max Reede | |
| Cary Elwes | ... | Jerry | |
| Anne Haney | ... | Greta | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Samantha Cole | |
| Amanda Donohoe | ... | Miranda | |
| Jason Bernard | ... | Judge Marshall Stevens | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Dana Appleton | |
| Mitch Ryan | ... | Mr. Allan (as Mitchell Ryan) | |
| Christopher Mayer | ... | Kenneth Falk (as Chip Mayer) | |
| Eric Pierpoint | ... | Richard Cole | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Skull | |
| Cheri Oteri | ... | Jane | |
| SW Fisher | ... | Pete |
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Rated PG-13 for sex related humor and language.
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86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #35145) |
USA:TV-PG (cut version) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:7 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:12 (DVD rating) |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Brazil:Livre
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According to an interview with Jim Carrey, he says that the gag of chasing his son as "The Claw" was something his father did to him and his siblings. It was his tribute to his own father.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: In court, during dialog between Fletcher and Samantha.
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Referenced in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
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Liar Liar is about a boy who, after being stood up by his big-shot lawyer father one too many times, wishes that for just one day his dad couldn't lie. This wreaks havoc on his personal life and even more on his professional life as a lawyer who makes a living putting criminals back on the streets.
Carrey is immediately and constantly hilarious in his role as the unwillfully honest Fletcher Reede. Every scene is full of awkwardly straightforward behavior and dialogue ("Whatever takes the focus off your head!) that is funny because it is so unusual and unexpected. Maura Tierney delivers one of the best performances of her career (second only to her wonderful job in Primal Fear), but Cary Elwes plays a disappointing turn from his amazing job in The Princess Bride. Seeing him as the endlessly charming Wesley in that film and then seeing him as a squirrely step-father type in Liar Liar just didn't seem to fit, but the film was able to overcome such small problems and present itself as a good and entertaining comedy.
In addition to the good comedy that Liar Liar presented, there were strange comedic scenes that Carrey had never done before. For example, I have never seen him portray a descent into madness as was shown with the blue pen, and it should be noted how well this funny man played the part of a man trying very hard not to be funny, with hilarious results. This is a bit like his role in Man on the Moon where he was a comedian playing a comedian who was often deliberately not funny, and the results there were hilarious as well. Jim Carrey's great comedy acting skills were a crucial element of this film, but they are not the only redeeming value of the movie itself. The story is solid and legitimate as well, and it is well-presented and directed, resulting in a good, fun comedy.