Big Fat Liar (2002)

After a young boy's school essay erroneously finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns the idea into a hit film, the boy travels to Los Angeles to claim his credit.

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers:

Dan Schneider (story), Brian Robbins (story)

Stars:

Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frankie Muniz	...	Jason Shepherd
Paul Giamatti	...	Marty Wolf
Amanda Bynes	...	Kaylee
Amanda Detmer	...	Monty Kirkham
Donald Faison	...	Frank Jackson
Sandra Oh	...	Mrs. Phyllis Caldwell
Russell Hornsby	...	Marcus Duncan
Michael Bryan French	...	Harry Shepherd
Christine Tucci	...	Carol Shepherd
Lee Majors	...	Vince
Sean O'Bryan	...	Leo
Amy Hill	...	Joscelyn Davis
John Cho	...	Dustin 'Dusty' Wong
Matthew Frauman	...	Lester Golub
Don Yesso	...	Rocco Malone

Storyline

A take on the classic tale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He leaves an important story assignment entitled "Big Fat Liar" in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Marty then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie preview of his story, he and his best friend, Kaylee, travel to Los Angeles to make Marty confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. Jason then has to match wits with Marty, who also turns out to be a big liar.

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Plot Keywords:

liar | prank | film producer | brunette | stunt | 

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Taglines:

Big Fat Liar is an extremely funny comedy, filed whit nonstop action and hilarious pranks.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some language

Details

Official Sites:

Universal Studios [United States]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lost and Found

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,554,015, 10 February 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$47,811,275, 7 April 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Mediastream Zweite Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The protagonist's last name is Shepherd as the antagonist's last name is Wolf. This may be a reference to The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf fairy tale about a young boy who lies to adults about a wolf coming in to attack the sheep and the night the Wolf really did come to harm the sheep, he told the adults, but they didn't believe him thus relating to Jason Shepherd lying to other characters in his story such as his parents and is not believed at first when he finally is telling the truth.

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Goofs

During the movie premiere Jason's dad puts his hand on Jason's shoulder and says something. You can see Kaylee sitting on his left. Then it zooms out and she is sitting on his right.

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Quotes

Tow truck driver: They told me to pick up a little blue car. They didn't say anything about a little blue man.

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Alternate Versions

In the original theatrical release, the E.T. 20th Anniversary variant of the then-current Universal logo opened the film. This is plastered on the DVD and Blu-ray releases with the standard variant of said logo. Recent television broadcasts use the 2012 Universal Pictures logo.

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Connections

Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Big Fat Liar (2018)

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Soundtracks

Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Written by Maurizio Lobina, Gianfranco Randone, Massimo Gabutti
Performed by Eiffel 65
Courtesy of Bliss Corporation, BMG Berlin Musik GmbH and courtesy of
Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products and courtesy of
Republic/Universal Records/Universal Music KK
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A Harmless Fun Little Movie

Jason Shepherd(Frankie Muniz) is known for always lying to keep himself out of trouble. When he doesn't complete his big english assignment, his teacher says that he has three hours to complete it or he will fail and go to summer school. Jason has a great imagination and he writes a story that's tilted "Big Fat Liar". On the way to hand in his assignment, he gets a ride from a famous hollywood producer Marty Wolf(Paul Giamatti) but unfortunately he forgets his english assignment. in the car, fails and has to go to summer school. He tries to convince his parent and teacher what really happened to his assignment but nobody believes him. A few months after, there is a big blockbuster hit coming out tilted "Big Fat Liar" that's supposedly been written and produced by Marty Wolf. Jason notices that the movie is based on his english paper and that Marty Wolf has stolen his story. Now along with his cute friend Kaylee(Amanda Bynes) Jason will travel to Los Angeles and try to convince everybody what a big fat liar Marty Wolf is. I thought this was a harmless fun little movie. It's nothing special but it has a couple of jokes and it's pretty entertaining. It's more for the younger audience but I still found it to be somewhat enjoyable. I would give Big Fat Liar 6/10