Jim Carrey's performance lifts this movie up from average to great

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2008)

If you were to read the screenplay for "Liar, Liar", you would have thought this would be a mainstream comedy: some good jokes, but also predictable.
However, Jim Carrey's acting really lifted this movie up to the rank of great comedy: the first great scene is where he first suspects that he cannot lie and tries to write down that his blue pen is red (or the other way round, I can't remember) and he can't do it. You can really feel his struggle, which only makes it more hilarious. He's acting like his life depended upon it.
Kudos to the director too, Tom Shadyac really did a good job on the timing, which is so important in comedy.
Carrey can be annoying when not kept in check (I'm looking at you, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls) but here he's really at his comic best. Recommended.