Liar Liar

"Trust me."

Mar 21 1997 PG-13 1h 26m
Comedy, Fantasy

Fletcher Reed, a fast-talking, habitual liar, divorced father, is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He is used to giving priority to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher often lets Max down, by missing his son's birthday party. But even then at 8:15 Max decides to make him an honest man as he wishes for a whole day where his father can't lie. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday, he only has one wish - for his father to stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest obstacle

Plot

Fletcher Reede, a fast talking attorney, habitual liar, and divorced father is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher lets Max down once too often, for missing his own son's birthday party. But until then at 8:15 Max has decided to make an honest man out of him as he wishes for one whole day his dad couldn't tell a lie. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth and cannot tell one lie. Uh-oh for Fletcher Reede.

Written by

Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur

Directed by

Tom Shadyac

Cast

Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins & 6 nominations total

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Liar Liar (1997) Original Trailer [FHD]
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