It Had The Potential To Be A Good Movie ...

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2004)

... Until someone decided it was going to star Jim Carrey
I can imagine the studio execs got together for a script meeting " okay lawyers are total spivs aren't they ? " Everyone nods in agreement " They'd sell their mothers for a flat fee " More nodding in agreement " Hell someone of them keep child molesters out of the jail if the offender pays a big enough lawyers fee " . By now the studio execs are in danger inflicting brain damage on themselves as their heads bob up and down , " And if there's one thing that supersedes a lawyer's greed it's his dishonesty " , it's a minor miracle how the execs heads are still attached to their necks as they violently nod their heads . " So let's make a comedy about a lawyer called Fletcher Reede who no matter what will always tell the truth "
Then someone had to spoil everything by saying " Let's cast Jim Carrey as the star "
Did I mention in any previous reviews that I can't stand Jim Carrey ? I also have no idea why he's so popular because with the exception of ME MYSELF AND IRENE and a couple of other movies he's been in I find Carrey unwatchable . On paper LIAR LIAR might have been a clever comedy but on film it's totally spoiled by Carrey's OTT and even by then far too predictable splac stick spiel . Scream in laughter as Fletcher Reede pulls a funny face , screech with howling laughter as Fletcher Reede attacks himself with a pen , gasp for breath due to fits of laughter with the Fletcher Reede toilet scene . Then come down to earth with a bump as you realize the reason you were laughing was because someone spiked your drink with illegal substances when you weren't looking
Carrey fans will love this . I didn't