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Liar Liar (1997) is an American comedy film starring Jim Carrey. It was directed by Tom Shadyac from a story written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (1998) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.

Plot outline

Fletcher Reede is a particularly career-focused lawyer and divorced father. He has a habit of breaking promises to be with his young son, Max, if his job conflicts and then lies to his ex-wife, Audrey, and Max about the real reason he missed the date. Fletcher lets Max down once too often, missing his birthday party, and has to deal with the consequences when Max makes a wish while blowing out the candles on the cake. The wish is that Fletcher cannot tell a lie for 24 hours.

Fletcher soon has several embarrassing instances where he blurts out exactly what he is thinking and figures out that he is unable to lie. This comes at a rather bad time as he is fighting a case in court, which, should he win, could be a huge boost to his career. His main witness is willing to commit perjury to help win but Fletcher discovers he cannot even ask a question if he knows the answer will be a lie. Meanwhile, Audrey, is threatening to move to Boston with her new boyfriend, Jerry, and take Max with them.

Over the course of the film, Fletcher realizes what is truly important to him and, at the end, struggles to stop his son from being taken so far away from him. He also manages to win the case truthfully by using a loophole in the law, with the repercussions being a major catalyst to his understanding of what he is likely to lose.

Trivia

Carrey makes a humorous reference to himself in this film in the following lines:

Max Reede: If I make funny faces, will my face get stuck that way?

Fletcher Reede: Not in a million years. In fact, some people make a very good living that way. (referring to the rubberized faces he is famous for in all of his films)

The film was the last screen role of Jason Bernard
and the first screen role for Cheri Oteri
.

Shadyac and Carrey decided to pay homage to Carrey's days on In Living Color by having him appear as his "Fire Marshal Bill" character in the background of a scene. Look for the character in one of the film's closing scenes, donning sunglasses and firefighter gear, when Maura Tierney
's character attempts to tell an airport official that Fletcher is/was her husband.

Anne Haney
, Eric Pierpoint
, Amanda Carlin, Jim Jansen, Randy Oglesby
and Ernest Perry Jr and Benjamin Brown
all guest starred in at least one of the Star Trek spin-offs.

The song "Five Candles (You Were There)", by Jars of Clay, was originally written for the soundtrack but it was cut from the credits in favor of a blooper reel.

Cast

Jim Carrey
- Fletcher Reede
Maura Tierney
- Audrey Reede
Justin Cooper
- Max Reede
Cary Elwes
- Jerry
Jennifer Tilly
- Samantha Cole
Amanda Donohoe
- Miranda
Swoosie Kurtz
- Dana Appleton
Jason Bernard
- Judge Marshall Stevens
Anne Haney
- Greta
Mitch Ryan - Mr. Allan

Cheri Oteri and Randall "Tex" Cobb have cameo roles.

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