The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 2,400 audience votes.
Synopsis
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic58/100
2,405 audience votes
Key crew
- Ricky GervaisDirector
- Ricky GervaisWriter
- Matthew RobinsonDirector
- Matthew RobinsonWriter
- Tim AtackOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ricky GervaisMark Bellison
- Jennifer GarnerAnna McDoogles
- Louis C.K.Greg Kleinschmidt
- Rob LoweBrad Kessler
- Jonah HillFrank Fawcett
- Jeffrey TamborAnthony James
- Fionnula FlanaganMartha Bellison
- Tina FeyShelley Bailey
- Donna SorbelloAnna's Mother
- Jason BatemanDoctor
- Philip Seymour HoffmanJim the Bartender
- Jimmi SimpsonBob
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Themes
screenwriterlieinventionheavenromcomromancewealthfamereligionliestruth-telling-world