Simply Perfect

i must have seen a different film!!

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

"The Invention of Lying" tells the story of a middle-aged writer, living in a world where no lie has ever been spoken. After a series of rather depressing events, he notices that by simply not telling the truth, he can earn a lot of personal profit, which rapidly gets him into some quite tricky situations.It is generally a clever idea to show the value of lies through a scenario where they're missing completely. Unfortunately, a lot of times it feels like there hasn't been much more than this concept as a basis for this film. There are indeed some very funny scenes, coming along with a few very clever predictions for this fictional scenario. However, some of the other gags are rather cheap and the whole part about religion seemed a bit too wanted. All in all this is a can-watch with some nice ideas under pretty interesting circumstances. Nothing you mustn't miss but surely not the worst comedy for a cozy tv evening.

I couldn't really follow the film on my first viewing because I was naming every well-known actor playing a bit part and the horrible sets - but on my second watch I realised that these sets - with modern elevators taking a long while to ascend or descend three floors - might just be meaningfully absurd.And speaking of the absurd... this is such a wonderful tale of the mythology of belief in a Judeo-Christian god. Nothingness is not an easy concept to accept and the promise of spending eternity in your own mansion with your loved ones is certainly reason to hasten one's death.Ricky Gervais brilliantly ridicules the myth-construct of these religions that surround us... and his characterisation of Jesus is hilarious.Just a wonderful and funny introduction to the world of atheism with the certainty that it takes lies to create myths and religions.

The idea of the film is not meant for a film that's longer than 5 minutes, and in fact there is about 5 minutes if not less, of funny material in the whole film. It is generally a waste of time. I wasn't expecting much from Ricky Gervais, who really thinks he is funnier than he actually is, but this was even below my expectations. Louis C.K. does a good job with his secondary role and there isn't enough of him. This movie should be showed in film school as an example of a bad movie.

Recommended by a friend i gave this movie a shot. He only told me the idea behind the plot. A perfect world where no one is lying and a guy by accident invents it. This sounded really interesting and I wanted to see the movie in a second. In my head I had a lot of different possibilities what they could have included into the movie. Unfortunately the whole movie turned out to be kinda boring. Some funny situations and scenes helped me through it but i definitely would not look it again. I was disappointed of how they took this promising idea and turn it into a boring story.Although some scenes made me smile, not a too bad rating.I recommend the movie if you do not have anything else one your watch-list and want to see a no-brainer.