With: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis CK, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill
Plot: In a world where lying doesn't exist, one man (Gervais) suddenly thinks to do it, changing the world in the process.
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A very strong concept for a comedy, but this just wastes it utterly. Even early on in the film when the rules of the world are being set up, you'll barely raise a smile at the sort-of-jokes on offer. Basically it's people being unnecessarily rude to each other (Why does telling the truth mean saying every horrible thing on your mind?) and this wears very thin as it is mostly only used for calling Gervais fat and ugly. Otherwise this boasts embarassingly bad structuring and plotting, with meaningless one-dimensional side characters like Hill's suicidal neighbour and the dying, confused mother flitting in and out of the story as Gervais desperately keeps spinning crap plates to distract from his non-plot. It gets worse when the film veers clumsily towards religious satire, with absolutely nothing to say on the subject, or on any subject for that matter (even lying!). I wasn't expecting a really well put together film, but I thought there might be some funny jokes at least, your best bet for entertainment here is trying to figure out who got paid the most: Coca Cola or Pizza Hut.
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