A boy’s birthday wish that his habitual liar father go for one day without lying comes true, and the father finds his business and personal life in shambles as a result of all the honesty.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 14-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVDRecovering from the box-office disappointment of The Cable Guy, Jim Carrey gave his fans what they wanted in this good-natured and frequently hilarious 1997 comedy. In a vehicle tailor-made for his verbal and physical antics, Carrey plays a lawyer whose penchant for prevarication is tested when his son makes a birthday wish that his father would tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth for 24 hours, so help him God! Without his daily defense of white lies, selfish fibs, and outright deception, the helpless lawyer finds himself blurting uncensored truths with total, and totally outrageous, candor. The script is clever enough to milk the premise for all it’s worth, but it’s Carrey’s energy–particularly in a hilarious bathroom scene where he literally mugs himself to delay a trial–that keeps the movie going to its sappy happy ending. The supporting cast includes Jennifer Tilly, Cary Elwes, and Amanda Donohoe. –Jeff Shannon
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March 5, 2010
#1
This is yet another Jim Carrey movie that features his terminally bad overacting. It’s the same basic character he’s done in all his movies, but now it’s just under a different set of circumstances. Too bad a real comedic actor like Robin Williams didn’t play the part. It might actually have been good.
March 5, 2010
#2
IN THIS MOVIE, A LAWYER [JIM CARREY], WHO’S A CHRONIC LIAR, MAKES A PROMISE TO FULFILL HIS SON’S BIRTHDAY WISH, WHICH IS TO BE HONEST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE SAYS FOR A WHOLE DAY. THE PLOT IS KINDA CLEVER, BUT THE MOVIE AIN’T THAT FUNNY. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THIS MOVIE WAS MEDIOCRE AND THIS IS WHERE JIM CARREY BEGAN MAKING NOT SO GOOD MOVIES. BUT, IF YOU RENTED OR BOUGHT THIS MOVIE, IT’S NOT A TOTAL WASTE. AT LEAST IT IS REMOTELY INTERESTING.
March 5, 2010
#3
I must say that after watching this movie I was almost compelled to believe that lying and cheating causes only temporary disasters. This is not reality, but this movie seems to encourage and advocate that even if you live a life of lies, you can make it in this world and everything will be hunky-dory. The fact that Jim Carrey basically destroyed his son’s life but then makes everything up to him at the end when he finally keeps his word with him is hardly worth believing. And then, that he is able to get back with his wife in the end, after sleeping with numberous other women, and blatantly degrading her as a human, was to me, the funniest part of the flick. I found myself laughing not at the humor, but at the cold reality of how cruel and corrupt this world can be. This movie only encourages corrupt living and seems to attempt to rationalize that lying is A-ok as long as you tell the truth, once in a while. F-.
March 5, 2010
#4
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. YOU CANNOT GET THE DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY OFF. I HAVE PURCHASED (2) DVD’S NOW AND THEY ARE BOTH THIS WAY. YOU CAN’T WATCH THE MOVIE BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTARY.
March 5, 2010
#5
This show sukke