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Release Date:
21 March 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
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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
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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5 nominations
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(52 articles)
Weekly Poll Results: Favourite Jim Carrey Movie
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Film School 101: Protagonists
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Film School 101: Protagonists
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Cute message movie with Jim Carrey
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jim Carrey | ... | Fletcher Reede |
 | Maura Tierney | ... | Audrey Reede |
 | Justin Cooper | ... | Max Reede |
 | Cary Elwes | ... | Jerry |
| Anne Haney | ... | Greta |
 | Jennifer Tilly | ... | Samantha Cole |
 | Amanda Donohoe | ... | Miranda |
| Jason Bernard | ... | Judge Marshall Stevens |
 | Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Dana Appleton |
 | Mitch Ryan | ... | Mr. Allan (as Mitchell Ryan) |
| Christopher Mayer | ... | Kenneth Falk (as Chip Mayer) |
 | Eric Pierpoint | ... | Richard Cole |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Skull |
| Cheri Oteri | ... | Jane |
| SW Fisher | ... | Pete |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sex related humor and language.
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Runtime:
86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #35145) |
USA:TV-PG (cut version) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:7 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:12 (DVD rating) |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Brazil:Livre
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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.
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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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Fight Club (1999)
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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.