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The Invention of Lying
2009
· Movie
· 100 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4347
- IMDb #3616
- Google retired #3098
- Rotten Tomatoes #3871
- Metacritic #3018
- Letterboxd #4557
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3500
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4600
- Metacritic Critics #2652
- Metacritic Audience #3559
- Criticker #2881
- Kinopoisk #3481
- AlloCiné #3867
- Trakt #3715
Every rating
36–74
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 36, highest is Google on 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In an alternate reality where no one has ever lied, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter suddenly develops the ability to say things that are not true. He uses this power to get what he wants, becoming famous and wealthy, but also accidentally inventing the concept of religion, which complicates his life.
Details
- Directors
- Matthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
- Writers
- Matthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
- Studio
- MRC, 1821 Pictures, Lynda Obst Productions, Radar Pictures
- Released
- 2 October 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $18.5M
- Box office
- $32.4M
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