I've had better......

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2016)

Fletcher Reede is a fast talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has only one wish, 'that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours'.
When Max's wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his usual smooth talking, has suddenly become his biggest liability.
Legal and emotional havoc takes its toll as soon as the candles are blown out as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey from taking their son and moving to Boston......
Between the release of Ace Ventura and The Truman Show, it seemed that nothing could stop Jim Carrey at the box office........maybe Ben Stiller directing him, but The Cable Guy was a highly original piece of work. Maybe a little left-field for the masses,but it's still one of his best popcorn movies.
But what made Carrey so huge was simply his mugging and his animated performance in each film. He basically played the same character with different names and haircuts in each film.
You will find a lot of Ace, The Riddler, and Stanley Ipkiss in this performance. In fact Bruce Almighty could have been called Fletcher Almighty and have been a direct sequel to this, and no one would have fluttered an eyelid.
The film is perfunctory, and has an almighty sweet streak running right down its sugar coated sign, but we all know why we saw this film, for his hilarious lying, his facial contortions, and the part where everyone becomes so happy, that life could never be more perfect.
But nearly twenty years later, it's easy to see why Carrey's star has faded. He was a one trick pony at comedy, played the same character every time, and yes, The Truman Show was good, but it isn't as amazing as what critics made it out to be.
It just stood out because he did something from the norm.
So all in all it's still funny, but the parts where Carrey isn't mugging or lying, it's pretty bland stuff.