I decided to rent a movie last night after I got off work. I ended up with a movie titled "The Invention of Lying". I thought it may be a good movie as it had several familiar faces including, Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, Jeffrey Tambor, and more. However it was a slight let down.
I wouldn't say it was terrible. If you find nothing else you would enjoy, this would not be a total waste of money. However, It certainly wasn't the best movie I could have chosen. It is about a world much different than the one we live in. It's a world where nobody can tell a lie. They cannot even fathom the thought. Until one day a man named Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) has really hit rock bottom. His date from the night before (Jennifer Garner) never wants to see him again because he is fat and would make their offspring be the same. He is fired from his job where everybody hates him and is about to be evicted because he cannot pay his rent, and his mother is in the nursing home about to die. He is at the bank where the systems are down. And it hits him …what if he tells them he has $800 instead of $300 so he can pay his rent. And he does, and they trust his word because nobody knows what a lie is. The lies take off from there as he tries to rebuild the perfect life for himself and win over the girl of his dreams. This movie had a lot of potential for humor and it did have it's moments. Not as many as I think it could have though.
I would probably have to rate this movie 2 of 5 stars. It did have a few moments that made it worth watching, but not enough I would want to see it again or highly recommend it to anyone. If you cannot find anything else to watch one night, I'd say give it a shot. But if you see something that might be better, I would probably go with the other choice. Save this for a boring rainy day.
