Liar Liar
Liar Liar is a 1997 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac, written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur and starring Jim Carrey, who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. It tells the story of a lawyer who built his entire career on lying, but finds himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single day, during which he struggles to maintain his career and to reconcile with his wife and son whom he alienated with his pathological lying.
Plot
Fletcher Reede is a crooked lawyer and divorced father living in Los Angeles. He loves spending time with his young son Max; they often play a game where Fletcher makes his hand into "the Claw" and pretends to chase Max with it. Fletcher, though, has a habit of giving precedence to his career, breaking promises to Max and his ex-wife Audrey, and then lying about the reasons. Fletcher's compulsive lying has also built him a reputation as a successful defense lawyer in California as he climbs the ranks in the firm he works for. Ultimately, Fletcher misses his son's birthday party because he has sex with his boss Miranda in the hopes of making partner. Max makes a birthday wish that his father would be unable to tell a lie for an entire day—a wish that immediately becomes true.
More details
| author | accessdate=June 12, 2019 date=April 23, 2000 first=Judd last=Apatow Paul Guay Stephen Mazur title=How I Got Kicked Out of High School url= work=Los Angeles Times |
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| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Tom Shadyac |
| editor | Don Zimmerman |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | age fabrication arrest beat birthday party boston break cheat child custody child support contempt of court crooked lawyer cry custody of their children divorce divorced father embarrass fight horrify injured kiss lawyer lied about her age makes a birthday wish minor perjury plan prenuptial agreement roller blades |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Brian Grazer |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | fantasy-comedy legal magic realism wish fulfillment |