Review on The Invention of Lying.

The invention of lying

Reviewed by Nick Ohlweiler

I would give this movie 9 out of 10 if I hadn’t disliked several scenes in the movie. First off the name itself is a lie, the main characters didn’t so much as invent lying as it was a change in his DNA that made him the only one in the world able to lie. Second every one in the movie is telling the truth to the point you want to vomit. The people tell each other blatant unnecessary things that can only be used to set the mood except for the fact that everyone isn’t depressed out of their freaking mind. If you’re constantly being told that you’re fat and wont amount to anything you will most likely kill yourself, because your own mother is telling you these things to. This all leads to a world filled with unnecessary people living a strange life. The main characters known as Mark Bellison, played by Ricky Gervais, has a career writing stories about the truth of things in the 1300s and is currently getting fired for it. His rival Brad Kessler, played by Rob Lowe, is an astounding historic writer who has the best three era’s to write about. I will give this an 8 out of 10 because it is blatantly funny and only gets better when he tries to make his mom happy but leads to a man in the sky.