I'm Bob, I work for coke, and I'm asking you to not stop buying coke. That's all. It's a bit sweet. Thank you. Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Fantasy Romance. Directors Ricky Gervais Matthew Robinson. Ricky Gervais Matthew Robinson. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Clip The Invention of Lying: "Any Messages? Interview The Invention of Lying.
Photos Top cast Edit. Jonah Hill Frank as Frank. Louis C. Greg as Greg. Jeffrey Tambor Anthony as Anthony. Tina Fey Shelley as Shelley.
Stephanie March Blonde as Blonde. Ruben Santiago-Hudson Landlord as Landlord. Jimmi Simpson Bob as Bob. Martin Starr Waiter 1 as Waiter 1. Jason Bateman Doctor as Doctor. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves.
At a bank, on the spur of the moment he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction.
The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? In a world where everyone can only tell the truth Rated PG for language including some sexual material and a drug reference. Did you know Edit. Trivia When trying to secure Philip Seymour Hoffman for his cameo his agent claimed he was too busy so Ricky Gervais requested his email address and sent him the following: "Dear Philip, will you please appear in my new film?
There is very little money involved as I spent the budget on testicular implants, but don't look upon them as my testicles, look at them as our testicles. Goofs John Hodgman , as the "Wedding Overseer" looks to be wearing a crucifix. However, upon close examination, it is actually a likeness of Mark holding the "two pizza boxes", matching the image behind the "Wedding Overseer".
User reviews Review. Nor does it have the word truth. Something is either "so," or "not so. Of course she, and everyone else, believes him. The word races around the world, and people beg for more details. Anna tells him how happy he could make everyone. Then, in one of the funniest satirical scenes I can remember, Mark stands on his front steps and informs the world there is a Man in the Sky, and they will be happy up there with him after death.
The world is ecstatic. This Man, Mark explains, is responsible for everything. Yes, that too, but Mark asks his audience not to get bogged down in the details. What we have here, in microcosm, is the paradox of a benevolent god creating a world of evil. Mark is hard-pressed to explain it, but greater men than he have tried. Think of the power you'd possess if everything you said was believed without question. Mark, under the circumstances, behaves reasonably well.
I saw the movie with a large audience, which laughed a lot. I have no idea what they thought of its implications. Gervais, who co-directed and co-wrote with Matthew Robinson , walks a delicate tightrope above hazardous chasms. He's helped greatly in his balancing act by Jennifer Garner's inspired, seemingly effortless, performance as a great beauty who isn't conceited or cruel but simply thinks Mark, with his pug nose, is the wrong genetic match for her children.
The film has one of those scenes at the altar "Do you, Brad, agree to stay with Anna as long as you can? I saw the trailer for "The Invention of Lying" and expected to dislike it. It's a much better movie than the trailer dares to admit. Today's trailers would make " Sophie's Choice " into a feel-good story.
Watching the movie, I thought -- oh, yeah, that's right: It's October. Good movies are allowed again. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Rated PG for language, including some sexual material, and a drug reference. Ricky Gervais as Mark. Jennifer Garner as Anna. Jonah Hill as Frank.
Jeffrey Tambor as Anthony. Fionnula Flanagan as Martha. Rob Lowe as Brad. Tina Fey as Shelley. Reviews Ricky Gervais finds a reason to hope in the face of despair.
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