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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 01 Oct 2009

The small-town Massachusetts settings are certainly fresh, and some of the involuntary confessions are fun…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 01 Oct 2009

Given the boldness of the topic, it's surprising how bland and toothless Invention is…

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By Sukhdev Sandhu (247) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 01 Oct 2009

Gervais is threatening to turn into Woody Allen: a director who clogs his films with famous faces and whose plots revolve around pretty women…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 01 Oct 2009

Watchable comedy with an intriguing premise, but it loses its way badly in the second half and almost drowns in a sea of ill-advised product…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 01 Oct 2009

Ultimately, the small-scale, often downbeat jokes in Lying never quite match the grand concept…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 30 Sep 2009

Its later digression in tone and reliance on formula are alternately incompatible and lesser than what comes before it…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 30 Sep 2009

Honestly, I enjoyed the ever-amusing Ricky Gervais, and there is an oddly emotional moving mom/son scene, but the film, sadly, isn't so amusing…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 30 Sep 2009

Satiric, smart, sassy, and most of all subversive…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Redbox (36) on 30 Sep 2009

While (The Invention of Lying) isn't perfect, it is certainly bold and bizarre enough to make it worth seeing as a swift, smart standout in…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 30 Sep 2009

What you might not expect (and what I'm here to proclaim as fact) is a fascinating atheistic viewpoint that not only runs through the movie…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 30 Sep 2009

Ultimately, the atheist gospel according to Ricky Gervais is too preachy for its own good…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 30 Sep 2009

Sublimely funny, slyly satirical and deliberately designed to upset Aunt Prissy, The Invention of Lying weaves quite a wicked web…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 30 Sep 2009

Perhaps bites off more than it can comfortably chew, but isn't without a pleasing portion of food for thought for viewers tired of being unchallenged…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 30 Sep 2009

Someday, Gervais will make a screen comedy both brilliant and consistent; in the meantime, The Invention of Lying will pass the time…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 30 Sep 2009

The problem with Invention is that it ultimately rests not on critiques of religion or evolution, but the nuts and bolts of romantic comedy…

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By Joe Lozito (463) for Big Picture Big Sound (482) on 30 Sep 2009

This high-concept comedy, about the first person to develop the ability to lie, is wildly uneven but features a few laughs, cameos galore,…

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By Brian Juergens (209) for CampBlood.org (64) on 30 Sep 2009

Here's a philosophical question worth pondering: If only half of the movie is a bad rom-com, is it half-empty or half-full…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 30 Sep 2009

Lying ambitiously stakes its claim to the highest level of film comedies. And by doing so, it just might be the best comedy of the year. Honestly…

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By Melissa Algaze (1) for Dark Horizons (452) on 30 Sep 2009

This entertaining and thought provoking movie ultimately urges the viewer to consider how important the truth is and where lies fit in to our lives…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 30 Sep 2009

Lying is about love, with Gervais and Robinson scripting a lazy McConaugheyesque wedding break-up scenario for an ending (cue the Supertramp!),…

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