Not as good on repeat viewings.

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2003)

Several years after my initial viewing, I saw "Liar, Liar" again this week, a free DVD loan from my county library. It was not as good as I remembered it. While Carrey is good as the lawyer who must be truthful for 24 hours after his son's birthday wish, his over-acting finally gets to you and spoils a rather unique fantasy story.
SPOILERS - stop now if you have not seen the film
Jennifer Tilley plays a loose woman being divorced from her husband who wants to give her nothing since a pre-nup specifically lists adultery as grounds for such. Carrey is trying to defend her but cannot lie, or even stretch the truth. In the courtroom the climax comes when it is brought to his attention that she lied on her marriage application years earlier, she was only 17 and thus not of legal age to execute a legal pre-nup, so she gets half of the estate.
I mostly liked Maura Tierney who played Carrey's understanding ex-wife who appears to be headed across country with her boyfriend (Cary Elwes, playing an American). In the end, it appears that son and father will do better, dad will do better at keeping dates, and maybe even a reconciliation between mom and dad. Cute movie, but Carrey's over-acting takes much of the lustre off.