I enjoyed The Invention of Lying, but not as much as I hoped I would. Yes, there were plenty of funny parts, but the forced romance between Matt and Anna slowed the film down, and was also boring. These parts lacked emotion and humor, dragging the rest of the picture down. The rest of the film was funny though, and I found myself laughing or chuckling more often than not. Not excellent, but likely worth a watch, especially if you are a fan of Gervais.

Always telling the truth isn't mean you haven't a dream or being stupid.

popcorn, hype, Jennifer Garner, (casting)

The concept of the movie was pretty funny... for a while. The dialouge was only amusing for the first half hour, then the joke quickly got old. The movie took a complete turn half-way through, and not for the better I might ad. I might be overating it a bit because of the fact that I'm a big Gervais fan, but overall, I'm pretty disappointed.

Totally flat conceptual comedy that takes itself much too seriously. Gervais is simply no fun, and most of the fantastically talented cast follows suit, as the satire steers bluntly toward religion and predictable romantic cliche. Only the misanthropes (Norton's cop and Bateman's doctor) get any good material, which is to be expected with Gervais at the helm. The surprise here is Garner, who musters an intriguing naiveté and sweet shallowness; she really is the bright point in a blasé world.

Proper Noun Almighty for atheists. I loved it for the most part, but the ultimate resolution was a little too saccharine.

The invention of Lying sets in a time where everyone speaks the truth, and only the truth. Then, comes a guy who is some kind evolutionized person and he told a lie. Then he became a prophet to others. lame.

Do you ever watch the trailer of a movie and think.."Hey! That could make a good movie." Well this movie was sort of like that for me. I sorta liked the concept of a place where everyone told the truth and one guy figures out he could lie. The way he uses his power of lying is really lame. He is too nice of a fella to abuse the privilege. While a lot of fun could be had, the movie holds back and it is very uninteresting to me. Kind of a pointless movie. Don't watch it.

now, it's hard to rip on the invention of lying and actually all the movies that were made in the same vein. obviously made by talented people who had good intentions but got wrapped around their own intelligence. while the script is funny at certain points and the movie generally is not bad; gervais' premise is a hard one to work with. with enormous amounts of questions possible to ask the plot, it's hard to concentrate on enjoying the actual picture. good but not great.

I like Gervais and the idea seemed very interesting but they managed to turn it into a very boring and mediocre movie.

A clever film that stuck to the romantic angle for far too long, probably to keep the American mainstream audience on its side after the religious angle popped up. I thought it could've done a lot more with the premise in terms of comedy but, instead, threw more Jennifer Garner in. Great idea, mediocre execution at most times.

I would be lying if I said this movie was either interesting or funny.

This film, or an idea very similar to this film that I had just days before seeing it (too bad I didn't get to it 'cus' now it's not so unique) could have been very good, but this was nominal at best. P.S. Fat isn't genetic! I and 90% of skinny people (yes, there are a lucky few) fight it every day.

This film really panders to every socially and politically correct agenda let alone every product it can possibly get on screen. It had it's funny moments, but a lot of irritating moments to offset them, and really no romance whatsoever.

When I first heard of it, I immediately thought that the idea is quite interesting and it will at the very least serve as a good backdrop for some snappy comedic dialogues. But I saw it and I realized what a terrible idea it was. The premise got old pretty quickly and everything felt flat and uninspired. And then I learned that Ricky Gervais himself wrote this crap and I was like "what the hell!" How could such a funny guy write something so unfunny? A terrible terrible film.

Very entertaining first half, gets bit boring during the second half because the story had to be somehow developed and the development isn't half as brilliant as the premise. I don't think Gervais fans will be too disappointed, at least not in the first half.

yawn.

Gervais is sometimes a bore and this film is no different, but he is also pretty amusing at times.