Jim Carrey turns honest

Rating: Null/10 (3 March 2000)

I recently saw this movie for the first time on ABC. I thought it was funny. In the movie, Jim Carrey plays Fletcher Reed, a divorced lawyer whose son named Max wishes that he could tell nothing but the truth for just one day. Well the wish comes true. Unfortunately for Fletcher it causes a lot of problems. He can no longer keep secrets, which causes him to embarass himself. For example, he tells a woman in the park just exactly what he thinks of her and she slaps him. Later, his son, ex-wife, and her future husband are on their way to Boston. Good old Fletcher comes to stop them with some comic tactics like hiding in a suitcase and using some wheelstairs to take him to the departing airplane. Eventually, a bunch of luggage falls on him leaving him injured. Max, ex-wife, and the future husband come out of the plane. Fletcher tells his son just how much he wishes he could've spent time with him but was just too busy with his job to do so. The mother asks him if he really means it. Max says, "Of course, mom, he has to tell the truth!" Reed tells Max that the wish wore off and things are back to normal. At Max's next birthday, the lights temporarily go off and when they turn on again, Reed and his ex-wife are kissing. Reed asks Max if he wished for them to get back together. Max says, "No,dad, I wished for some new rollerblades!" This is a wonderful movie that everyone should watch.