| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...the British comic actor Ricky Gervais has come up with a wickedly funny idea for a movie - and then purged the wickedness right out of it." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"In its amiable, quiet, PG-13 way, The Invention of Lying is a remarkably radical comedy." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...the premise is so rich, and some of the variations on the central theme are so clever, you forgive the problems." more... |
B |
E! Online
Natasha Vargas-Cooper |
"...a comedy of such startlingly wit that it's abrupt and conventional turn can be forgiven." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...seriously subversive." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...a dour, shouty atheist manifesto." more... |
C |
New York Times
Manohla Dargas |
"...a mostly funny if melancholic defense of deceit..." more... |
B- |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"...feels a little too much like a wasted opportunity." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"It's no fun watching Gervais work out a tired fantasy of turning hot babes into chubby chasers. We want Gervais in all his merry, malicious glory." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...an original comedy that expresses some real thinking and feeling." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...intermittently clever and funny..." more... |
B |
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