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Liar Liar
Promotional poster for Liar Liar
Directed byTom Shadyac
Written byPaul Guay
Stephen Mazur
Produced byBrian Grazer
StarringJim Carrey
Maura Tierney
Justin Cooper
Cary Elwes
Jennifer Tilly
Swoosie Kurtz
Music byJohn Debney
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
March 21 1997 (USA)
Running time
86 min.
LanguageEnglish

Liar Liar (1997) is an American comedy film starring Jim Carrey. It was directed by Tom Shadyac from a story written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (1998) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical. The film is the second (out of three) collaboration between Jim Carrey and Tom Shadyac the first being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the third being Bruce Almighty

Plot outline

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Fletcher Reede is a particularly career-focused lawyer and divorced father. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and breaking promises to be with his young son Max, and then lying to Max and his ex-wife Audrey about the real reason he missed the date. Fletcher lets Max down once too often, missing his birthday party, and has to deal with the consequences when Max makes a wish while blowing out the candles on the cake and it comes true. The wish is that Fletcher cannot tell a lie for 24 hours.

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DVD case for Liar Liar

Fletcher soon has several embarrassing instances where he blurts out exactly what he is thinking and figures out that he is unable to lie or even withhold a true answer. This comes at a rather bad time as he is fighting a case in court, which, should he win, could be a huge boost to his career. His main witness is willing to commit perjury to help win but Fletcher discovers he cannot even ask a question if he knows the answer will be a lie. Meanwhile, Audrey, is threatening to move to Boston with her new boyfriend, Jerry, and take Max with them.

Over the course of the film, Fletcher realizes what is truly important to him and, at the end, struggles to stop his son from being taken so far away from him. He also manages to win the case truthfully by using a loophole in the law, with the repercussions being a major catalyst to his understanding of what he is likely to lose.

Trivia

  • Carrey makes a humorous reference to himself in this film in the following lines:
    • Max Reede: If I make funny faces, will my face get stuck that way?
    • Fletcher Reede: Nuh uh. In fact, some people make a very good living that way. (referring to the rubberized faces he is famous for in almost all of his films)
  • Fletcher's claim of taking Max to see wrestling is a reference to Jim Carrey's love of professional wrestling.
  • Shadyac and Carrey decided to pay homage to Carrey's days on In Living Color by having him appear as his "Fire Marshal Bill" character in the background of a scene. Look for the character in one of the film's closing scenes, donning sunglasses and firefighter gear, when Maura Tierney's character attempts to tell an airport official that Fletcher is/was her husband.
  • The song "Five Candles (You Were There)", by Jars of Clay, was originally written for the soundtrack but it was cut from the credits in favor of a blooper reel.
  • In the last scene, you can see that Jim Carrey's watch says 12:45 (instead of 8:45, as he said in the movie)
  • When Jerry, Audry, and Max are at the airport, after the intercom said "Flight 1511 to Boston is now boarding" and they head to the gate; you can faintly hear on the intercom "Jim Carrey, please report to airport security".
  • Randall 'Tex' Cobb has high billing, but he only appears sparingly. He has a brief conversation with Fletcher in a scene that takes place during the opening credits, and later shares a cell with Fletcher, but again hardly takes part in the scene.
  • The sickly crack heard when Fletcher hits the floor while beating himself up in the bathroom was no sound effect. It was the actual sound Carrey's head made upon impact.

Cast

Cheri Oteri and Randall "Tex" Cobb have cameo roles.



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