Funny idea and funny lines but major overacting from Carrey

Rating: 6/10 (3 February 2016)

In a film thats geniunly funny, the characters need to act silly but without them looking like they're forcing it. Jim Carry in 'Liar liar" looks like he is forcing his silliness so intensely, he is just shoving it into everyone's face. He overacts so much it gets pretty irritating at times. Like for example in the boardroom scene, that scene would've been much funnier if Carry had still said all of the exact same things but if he'd just toned it down about 20 notches. And the boardroom manager's reactions were just as bad, so forced, annoying, and draining to watch, I felt like doing the same thing Carry did at the end of that scene, he fainted. The same problem occurred in a scene where Carrey's secretary asked him a question about if he would normally lie if she was asking him that same question. Just watching Carrey yell and kick and put his fingers in his ears and make and twist faces when she was trying to talk to him, I was not laughing even slightly, I was totally irritated. Carrey's exaggerated overacting continued through a lot of the film. And it's a damn shame because the other aspects of the film were pretty darn hilarious. The idea was a good one, about what Carry would say in given situations if he was unable to lie for a day. And many of the things he said were very very funny. Like what he said to the guy at the impound lot, or what he said to the cop pulling him over, or what he said to his different work colleagues at his law firm, or the things he said in the courtroom, or the things he said to his sexy client (Jennifer Tilly). Very creative, funny lines from Carry. It's too bad he had to overact so forcefully in the way he delivered them, so in your face. I could imagine Groucho Marx saying similar kinds of lines in a similar kind of plot, but it would be so much funnier due to the difference in the deliveries from the two different guys. Groucho did not overact like that. I did like the way Carrey bonded with his five year old son, and the scenes with his ex. She kind of reminded me of Jennifer Aniston. Carrey's ex's new boyfriend Cary Ewles was seen in a more American role, instead of the English acting and English accent he's been very good with in films like "Princess Bride".