Skip the beginning and the end

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2004)

...and just watch the middle part of the film, the part where Jim Carrey's character (Fletcher Reede) can't lie. Fortunately, that's most of the film.
The main plot involving Fletcher's relationship with his ex-wife and young son is dull and mostly devoid of laughs. Maura Tierney has a few moments, but the family seemed to have been tacked on to provide a premise to the punchline of Jim Carrey not being able to lie.
The subplots involving Fletcher's work are far more entertaining. He's forced to deal with an embittered secretary, a back-stabbing harlot coworker, a husky-voiced, promiscuous client (Jennifer Tilly), an unsympathetic judge, a boardroom full of stuffy superiors, and a lawsuit so ridiculous that F. Lee Bailey wouldn't touch it -- all while he can't lie, of course.
Liar Liar would have been better if the family got the axe, and it were made entirely about Carrey's problems at work. But it was still pretty good, a definite hit after a couple misses (Batman Forever and The Cable Guy, plus maybe Dumb and Dumber).
RATING: 7 of 10. If you like Jim Carrey, you'll like Liar Liar.