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The first 10 minutes are promising, the rest of the film is abysmal. The story takes place in a world where nobody tells lies or even understands the concept and this is used to some humorous advantage in the conversations people hold with each other, especially Ricky's date with an attractive but shallow Jennifer Garner. Eventually Ricky discovers he can lie and the humour pretty much stops there. The romantic sub-plot is horrifying; average man meets and tries to woo alpha girl who is searching for an alpha man that is a good genetic match. Alpha girl is consistently shallow and boring but very attractive therefore average man professes his undying I can imagine scriptwriters Gervais and Matt Robinson getting all excited over the premise of a world where nobody tells lies and then running out of steam after the first 10 pages. More likely that they got bogged down with trying to juggle the even handed criticisms of religion/atheism rather than focusing on more laughs. Note: if you thought this film was an atheist anthem then you really need to watch it again, no matter how painful that may be for you. Watching it again would be painful. 2/5 macdonal hamborkles fucked around with this message at 22:14 on May 10, 2011 |
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