Liar Liar is a great example of a film that teaches the audience to appreciate their loved ones and to be honest.

Rating: 10/10 (28 October 2012)

Liar Liar stars Jim Carrey as the lying, self-full lawyer, Fletcher Reede. His life takes a turn for the worse when his son, Max, wishes Fletcher would not tell a lie an entire day. This came after Fletcher broke yet another promise and missed his son's 5th birthday party. The theme of this movie is honesty and appreciating your family and friends. During the film we learn that Fletcher and his former wife, Audrey were divorced due to Fletcher being unsupportive and breaking promises like he does through most of the first act of the movie. Fletcher finds out that Audrey and Max will be moving to Boston after Audrey's new boyfriend, Jerry, proposed to her. Audrey had mixed feelings about leaving from Los Angeles to Boston, as this would make it more difficult for Max to see his father, Fletcher. After missing Max's birthday party, Audrey decided to move to Boston with Jerry and Max. While blowing out his birthday candles, Max wishes his father could not tell a lie for an entire day. This wish comes true and Fletcher finds out the hard way. Throughout most of the movie Fletcher struggles to do his job and nearly loses his job, friends, and family during the way. He even gets put in jail and gets his car towed away. As mentioned, this film's theme is honesty. During the film Fletcher realizes he is a bad dad and even he knows it. During the day he cannot lie, he says "I'm a bad father." This saddens him and he realizes he is a bad father. The directory uses a low angle to put emphasis on Fletcher hitting rock bottom. The audience at this point begins to realize just how important it is to be honest with your friends and family. Fletcher wants to change, but his friends and family are sick of giving him second chances. By the end of the movie Fletcher is able to make everything right and get back together with Audrey and restart his family with Audrey and Max. Liar Liar is a great example of a film that teaches the audience to appreciate their loved ones and to be honest. Even though Fletcher is a successful lawyer, he made his way to the top by lying. He even got a case by agreeing to lie to the judge. However, we learn in this film that being a liar will eventually cause you problems. For Fletcher this happened all at once. This life lesson can be implied to anyone.