Liar Liar Imitator

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2003)

If you liked Liar Liar you will like this movie. First of all let me say that I found both Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty extremely funny. There are many parallels between the two movies. For example, they both:
1. use a fantastic premise to set up most of the comedy
2. are extremely funny for the first half of the film, and have almost no laughs during the last half hour while they wrap up the plot
3. star Jim Carrey
4. feature a love interest played by a female star from an NBC sitcom
5. have a sexy, malicious woman trying to sleep with Jim Carrey
6. end on a syrupy-sweet Capraesque note
7. were directed by the same person, Tom Shadyac
8. show the main character the error of his ways through the absurd premise
9. feature a series of outtakes during the end credits
So while I can appreciate Bruce Almighty on its own I'd like to see a slightly bigger difference between them. As for picking the better of the two, I think Liar Liar was outrageously funny more often.
There was one scene in this movie were I laughed so hard I cried. It's just too bad that they had to have a lame plot to string the scenes together. Also there are two scenes in the movie, when Jim is using his Godlike powers, where they seemed to spend a lot of time and money on bits that weren't even funny (tomato soup and Post-It Notes). In the end there's one undeniable reason to see this movie: Jim Carrey is hilarious.