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Liar Liar (1997) -- 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.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Paul Guay (written by) &
Stephen Mazur (written by)
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Release Date:
21 March 1997 (USA) more
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Trust Me more
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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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations more
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Cute message movie with Jim Carrey more (207 total)

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Rated PG-13 for sex related humor and language.
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86 min
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Max's teacher is reading to her class a story from Dr. Seuss "Green Eggs and Ham". Jim Carrey has played the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and Horton in Horton Hears a Who! (2008), both Dr. Seuss stories. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Fletcher gets thrown onto the luggage carts at the end of the movie, his facial cuts are not the same before and after the crash. more
Quotes:
Max Reede: I wish, for just one day, Dad couldn't tell a lie. more
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Referenced in Fight Club (1999) more

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Cute message movie with Jim Carrey, 12 September 2005
Author: Stanley Strangelove from Portland, Oregon US

Liar Liar is one solution to the problem of what kind of movie vehicle to write for overacting, rubber man Jim Carrey. Following the success of Ace Ventura, director Tom Shaydac casts Carrey as a divorced lawyer who has no time for his young son. In the film, the word liar is a pun on lawyer, equating the two words since his character is a lying lawyer. Every time he promises to attend one of his son's school events or play with him, Carrey finds some excuse to get out of it. His son makes a birthday wish that just for one day his dad would tell the truth and it happens. Carrey is incapable of lying and when he tries to lie, his face and body go into every contortion imaginable as he tries to suppress the truth. There is a literally "off the wall" scene where he beats himself up in a bathroom. Carrey is a likable guy and carries the movie. Of course, you can't believe for a second that he's a lawyer but belief is not needed in this film. This is a movie with a message that fathers shouldn't ignore their children. For a film aimed at kids, there is a surprising amount of boob and sexual humor. Maura Tierney is very cute as his ex-wife. Amanda Donohoe plays Carrey's seductress law partner and Jennifer Tilly is a buxom, bimbo client. Director Tom Shadyac later worked with Carrey in Bruce Almighty. Liar Liar is for Jim Carrey fans and fathers who ignore their kids.

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