A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.A pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 6 nominations
Christopher Mayer
- Kenneth Falk
- (as Chip Mayer)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to an interview with Jim Carrey, he says that the gag of Fletcher chasing his son as "The Claw" was something Carrey's father did to him and his siblings.
- GoofsFletcher is unable to come up with an honest argument for a continuance. However, having been brought onto the case just a day or two before trial is a perfectly valid reason. His ignorance of the settlement offer is itself evidence that he needs more time to look at the case file.
- Quotes
Greta: He knocked over another ATM. This time at knifepoint. He needs your legal advice.
Fletcher Reede: [picking up phone and shouting] Stop breaking the law, asshole!
- Crazy creditsOuttakes are shown during the credits.
- Alternate versionsRandall 'Tex' Cobb's role ("Skull") was considerably shortened prior to release.
- Originally filmed was a courtroom prologue where Fletcher successfully defends Skull using his usual, less-than-truthful tactics. Remnants of it still remain in the theatrical trailers and in full as a 'Deleted Scene' on the DVD/Blu-ray releases.
- Also filmed was a sequence where Fletcher meets Skull again in jail. That scene was shortened in the final version so much that, despite a prominent billing, Cobb only has one line.
- SoundtracksHappy Birthday to You
(uncredited)
Written by Patty S. Hill and Mildred J. Hill
Performed by Jim Carrey and Maura Tierney
Featured review
True the plot is a little corny, my only criticism of the movie, but Jim Carrey's wonderfully energetic and most of the time hilarious performance more than compensates. Liar Liar is easily one of Carrey's better films, I do confess I will need to see a few more of his movies before concluding which one's his best to save bias. What Liar Liar manages to do is have a slightly corny though very interesting idea, and make into a good spirited and absolutely hilarious film. The script almost the whole time verged on hysterically funny, and there are many priceless scenes, especially the courtroom scene- I needed to go to the bathroom to check I hadn't wet myself from laughing so much. The other performances were great, Cary Elwes was excellent, and the boy was very sweet and charming. Overall, a hilarious movie, that does cheer you up considerably after a hard day, I still chuckle even thinking of it. There is so much to recommend this, but at the end of the day, it is Carrey's picture. 9.5/10 Bethany Cox
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Mentiroso, mentiroso
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $181,410,615
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,423,025
- Mar 23, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $302,710,615
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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