Given a choice between living in a world where lies don't exist or one where deception is commonplace, I'll take the one where the truth is optional -- not because I believe dishonesty is a virtue, but because we get the good movies. In The Invention of Lying, co-writer/director and star Ricky Gervais plays a portly, snub-nosed screenwriter living in a world where the very notion of telling a lie is unfathomable. It's a sly comment on Hollywood that in this world, movies are nothing more than filmed lectures -- history lessons read by a stuffy man sitting in a fancy chair (imagine the introduction to Masterpiece Theatre spread out over two hours), with not a singl...
Released:
2009
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
99 mins