The Invention of Lying is just what is sounds like, everyone tells the truth therefore everyone believes everything they hear. Not being able tell a lie means that people will say anything and everything that pops into their head, and apparently rudeness is also something that hasn't been invented yet in the setting of this movie.
Ricky Gervais is the man in the story that discovers lying when he swindles the bank into giving him too much money. He then starts experimenting with telling things that aren't and discovers that he can help people. As his mother is dying he describes a type of heaven that she will find herself in so that she isn't as afraid of death. After his mother, the nurses, and the doctor hear this, Gervais becomes the man everyone in the world looks to learn about the afterlife.
Through this story he is falling in love with Jennifer Garner, and while she also loves him, she will not consider him since they are not good genetic matches. Which is what we are all thinking about when we meet a potential suitor right?? I don't think so and they made her sound like a robot. She realizes that her feelings are more complex than just making attractive children, and that being happy means more than she had ever known.
Gervais ends up being Moses on the mountain telling the world how to make it to the happy place after death. The man in the sky uses him as his channel, and everyone will get mansions in the sky when they pass on. He becomes a rich and famous screenwriter, and NO ONE ever figures out that he is just making things up.
I ended up thinking that this movie was very sweet, and I enjoyed Gervais and Garner in their roles. Although The Invention of Lying is a comedy, I was impressed with Gervais's ability when doing the emotional scenes. There may be more to that guy than I have given him credit for.....??
No award winner, but I am not demanding that 2 hours of my life back either.
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