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People who can only tell the truth = people who can only dole out unending insults ad nauseum. Frankly, I don't understand it. The writing should have been much more clever with a premise this funny. The scene where he keeps telling his buddy he is black, an astronaut, etc is hilarious... that makes sense... having everyone insult him all the time is annoying and unfunny. In a world where only the truth is being told, people cannot come up with anything truthful to say that is nice as well? They just pick on him for no good reason even though he is an affable guy. If someone is better looking, they call him ugly... is that truth? How can a person you call ugly be called gorgeous by another? The "truths" were all relative, or singularly truthful to the individual, and that makes no sense. One person might say a sock was blue, the other green, because each believes that is the case... and they may both be wrong. Instead of saying everyone cannot lie, they should have said everyone says what they are thinking without feeling bad about it, that's closer in line with this film. Just cause you think it, doesn't make it "truth". This script required much more work and care, but if watching people insult Ricky's height, weight, and looks for 2 hours is your idea of fun, then by all means, watch it. Also, it was preachier than Jesus Camp. The secret? The "invention of lying" is religion, at least that is what I came away with. That is fine, but they make sure to pound it into your brain for over an hour, at least. What could have been a 10 minute string of jokes turned into the entire plot and drowned out everything else. 1.5/5 for a few key, funny scenes. Not much else though.
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