The Invention of Lying is a 2009 comedy film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. It also stars Gervais and Jennifer Garner. The film was released in the United States and United Kingdom on October 2, 2009.
The film is set in an alternate reality in which no one has ever lied. Not only does no one tell a lie, but people often tell the entire truth, or blurt out very blunt remarks and opinions that people in the real world ...
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The Invention of Lying is a 2009 comedy film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. It also stars Gervais and Jennifer Garner. The film was released in the United States and United Kingdom on October 2, 2009.
The film is set in an alternate reality in which no one has ever lied. Not only does no one tell a lie, but people often tell the entire truth, or blurt out very blunt remarks and opinions that people in the real world would normally keep to themselves. Organized religion does not exist, nor are there any forms of fiction, in both film and literature and advertisements are not very flattering of their products.
Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) is an unsuccessful lecture-film writer (non-fiction films that are nothing more than an on-screen narrator lecturing about history), who is told by everyone that he is a fat loser. He goes out on a date with Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner), who bluntly states to Mark that she is not attracted to him due to his looks and...
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