It doesn't quite follow through on its promise, and relies too heavily on shopworn romantic comedy tropes, but The Invention of Lying is uncommonly sly and funny.
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The Invention of Lying

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Movie Info
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Director -
Ricky Gervais , Matthew Robinson -
Producer -
Lynda Obst , Oliver Obst , Ricky Gervais , Dan Lin -
Screenwriter -
Ricky Gervais -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. -
Production Co -
Radar Pictures -
Rating -
PG-13 (Language|A Drug Reference|Some Sexual Material) -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 2, 2009, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jul 1, 2011 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$18.4M -
Runtime -
1h 39m