Big Fat Liar (2002)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers (WGA):

Dan Schneider (story) &
Brian Robbins (story) ...

Release Date:

8 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The truth is never overrated

Plot:

After a young boy's school essay erroneously finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns the idea into a hit film, the boy travels to Los Angeles to claim his credit.

Plot Keywords:

Story | Essay | Liar | Producer | Paper

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 22

7:30 AM

TBS

Cast

Frankie Muniz	...	Jason Shepherd
Paul Giamatti	...	Marty Wolf
Amanda Bynes	...	Kaylee
Amanda Detmer	...	Monty Kirkham
Donald Faison	...	Frank Jackson
Sandra Oh	...	Mrs. Phyllis Caldwell
Russell Hornsby	...	Marcus Duncan
Michael Bryan French	...	Harry Shepherd
Christine Tucci	...	Carol Shepherd
Lee Majors	...	Vince
Sean O'Bryan	...	Leo
Amy Hill	...	Joscelyn Davis
John Cho	...	Dustin 'Dusty' Wong
Matthew Frauman	...	Lester Golub
Don Yesso	...	Rocco Malone

Also Known As:

Lügen haben kurze Beine (Germany)
Lost and Found (USA) (working title)
Pay or Play (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #38481) | Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Although this movie takes place in a fake movie studio there are many props and set pieces from a number of different Universal Studios' releases. For example, the DeLorean from Back to the Future (1985), a raptor from The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and set pieces from "The Mummy" series. These are just a few of many.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Marty tackles Jason on the roof for Mr. Funnybones, after Jason falls, the ground moves revealing a crash mat.

Quotes:

Jason Sheperd: Mrs. Caldwell... Can I call you Phyllis?
Mrs. Phyllis Caldwell: No.

Movie Connections:

References The Scorpion King (2002)

Soundtrack:

Main Title and First Victim

A Harmless Fun Little Movie

Jason Shepherd(Frankie Muniz) is known for always lying to keep himself out of trouble. When he doesn't complete his big english assignment, his teacher says that he has three hours to complete it or he will fail and go to summer school. Jason has a great imagination and he writes a story that's tilted "Big Fat Liar". On the way to hand in his assignment, he gets a ride from a famous hollywood producer Marty Wolf(Paul Giamatti) but unfortunately he forgets his english assignment. in the car, fails and has to go to summer school. He tries to convince his parent and teacher what really happened to his assignment but nobody believes him. A few months after, there is a big blockbuster hit coming out tilted "Big Fat Liar" that's supposedly been written and produced by Marty Wolf. Jason notices that the movie is based on his english paper and that Marty Wolf has stolen his story. Now along with his cute friend Kaylee(Amanda Bynes) Jason will travel to Los Angeles and try to convince everybody what a big fat liar Marty Wolf is. I thought this was a harmless fun little movie. It's nothing special but it has a couple of jokes and it's pretty entertaining. It's more for the younger audience but I still found it to be somewhat enjoyable. I would give Big Fat Liar 6/10