Jim Carrey does
have a gift for slapstick comedy, making you laugh all the way to the bank.
This is the second of the three movies that Tom Shadyac and Jim Carrey made
together, and to me, it's my least favorite after Bruce
Almighty, and Ace
Ventura.
The thing for me
is that Liar Liar didn’t strike me as a very funny movie. After a while, the
slapstick humor became more annoying than entertaining. The storyline, which
has a striking resemblance to a Twilight series episode (which Twilight fans
will easily catch), is about not being able to lie for 24 hours. The Twilight
episode, on the other hand, was about the protagonist not being able to lie as
long as he owned a car or something.
The plot centers
on a chronic liar and divorcee who has wrecked his home with his insensitivity
and carelessness. With only one thing true in his life, Fletcher (Jim Carrey)
struggles to meet expectations, as his constant lying is costing him his
relationship with his son, Max (Justin Cooper).
After Fletcher
blows off his son’s birthday party to have sex with his co-worker (lying that
he had to work), Max decides to make a wish that his father will not be able to
lie for a whole 24 hours.
Fletcher, a
lawyer working on a multi-million dollar case, is now stuck—his case is built
on lies, and he can’t keep it going since he can’t lie or even ask a question
knowing it would have a false answer.
Liar Liar finds
a way to make a man who is insensitive and uncaring learn a lesson and have a
happy ending. All he needed was to win a case with some honest deductions and
chase his son on a hijacked mobile stairway at an airport, which landed him on
a stretcher.
All these weird
situations made the movie have plot holes, unrealistic ideas of family
engagement and just did not make for a memorable, fun ending.
Like all other Tom and Carrey movies, it was a box office hit, recouping its production cost and more. This is not my favorite Carrey movie, and as I’ve said, not my favorite of his duo with Tom Shadyac, but Liar Liar has its moments. So if you’re jumping on the Carrey DVD collection wagon, you might want to consider this one—but to me, it’s just there.
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