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    Liar Liar (1997)

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    Lawyer Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is a compulsive liar. When his deceits lead to him missing his son’s birthday party, the boy makes an exasperated wish over his birthday cake candles that his dad would find it impossible not to tell the truth.

    The wish comes magically true – with hilarious consequences.

    Carrey’s frenzied physical and vocal contortions provide lots of amusing comic moments, as well as a few riotous ones, and the role is not only tailor-made for his rubber-faced antics but also gives him an opportunity to show a more human side.

    His bravura performance is reminiscent of Steve Martin’s body battle in All of Me (1984), as he hurls inadvertent insults and digs himself into an abyss in the middle of a big multi-million dollar divorce case where his client (Jennifer Tilly) is an oversexed adulteress who doesn’t deserve one red cent.

    Fletcher Reede
    Jim Carrey
    Audrey Reede
    Maura Tierney
    Max Reede
    Justin Cooper
    Jerry
    Cary Elwes
    Greta
    Anne Haney
    Samantha Cole
    Jennifer Tilly
    Miranda
    Amanda Donohoe
    Judge Marshall Stevens
    Jason Bernard
    Dana Appleton
    Swoosie Kurtz
    Mr Allan
    Mitchell Ryan
    Skull
    Randall “Tex” Cobb

    Director
    Tom Shadyac

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