Probably the only film that I have watched twice in my adulthood. Set in a world where nobody knows what it is not to say the naked truth, it reveals the benefits of learning how to lie. Beyond the number of situations in which we are gaining at keeping some of the truth for ourselves, it is also about not hurting people by being too honest. I found it very entertaining, refreshing, and eventually moral.

"The Invention of Lying" tells the story of a middle-aged writer, living in a world where no lie has ever been spoken. After a series of rather depressing events, he notices that by simply not telling the truth, he can earn a lot of personal profit, which rapidly gets him into some quite tricky situations.It is generally a clever idea to show the value of lies through a scenario where they're missing completely. Unfortunately, a lot of times it feels like there hasn't been much more than this concept as a basis for this film. There are indeed some very funny scenes, coming along with a few very clever predictions for this fictional scenario. However, some of the other gags are rather cheap and the whole part about religion seemed a bit too wanted. All in all this is a can-watch with some nice ideas under pretty interesting circumstances. Nothing you mustn't miss but surely not the worst comedy for a cozy tv evening.

When did Ricky Gervais stop being funny. Somewhere around the end of 'The Office'? Or was he never really funny to start with? This film certainly proves that he's not the funny, and manages to spread out a very simple one joke idea into a feature length film.If anything it's the supporting cast who come out of this the best. Jennifer Garner, Tina Fey, Rob Lowe - they all manage to get laughs out of a weak script, and play their characters with grace and skill.There's not a lot to recommend this film other than that really, only to say that's it not quite as bad as 'Ghost Town' or Gervais's turn in the 'Muppets Most Wanted'.

Recommended by a friend i gave this movie a shot. He only told me the idea behind the plot. A perfect world where no one is lying and a guy by accident invents it. This sounded really interesting and I wanted to see the movie in a second. In my head I had a lot of different possibilities what they could have included into the movie. Unfortunately the whole movie turned out to be kinda boring. Some funny situations and scenes helped me through it but i definitely would not look it again. I was disappointed of how they took this promising idea and turn it into a boring story.Although some scenes made me smile, not a too bad rating.I recommend the movie if you do not have anything else one your watch-list and want to see a no-brainer.