The Official "Invention of Lying" Thread

by **Johnny** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 2:22 pm

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=135490

I was even shocked when I read this.

Glad though that Steve's contribution is recognized.

by **_M_** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 2:42 pm

Chris Hewitt of Empire says "the usually wonderful Gervais!"

by **Johnny** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 2:49 pm

should read:

_M_ wrote:Chris Hewitt of Empire says "the always wonderful Gervais!"

by **Martin** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 2:49 pm

It got 2 out of 5 in the News Of The World yesterday.

Not looking promising.

by **Jester of Malice** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 2:56 pm

Seeing the trailer it looks awful.

by **Jenson's Beard** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 5:04 pm

Martin wrote:It got 2 out of 5 in the News Of The World yesterday.

Not looking promising.

Yeah, but thats the News Of The World.

Are we not forgetting: "It's better than King Ralph"

by **HumanityManatee** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 5:39 pm

I won't make up my mind til I've seen it, but Empire rarely get things completely wrong. Not holding out much hope for this being any good.

by **it's_a_foodage** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 5:45 pm

Ummmm . . . are you all forgeting the out-of-context compliments that Ricky posted on his blog?

I'm still looking forward to this though.

by **Midget Fighter 11** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 8:15 pm

This might end up the best career move for Steve.

by **New Odour** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 9:05 pm

Has there been any really good reviews of the film in a credible publication so far? All the one's I've seen so far either say its average or bad. Or in this case, tragic.

by **snail16** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 9:24 pm

I thought Ghost Town was mediocre and an extreme disappointment, and if he loved the script for that so much then I'm worried that this will be another bland and predictable romantic comedy. It has a pretty cool premise, but I can already imagine a ton of the sorts of jokes that are gonna be used, and the trailer confirms this (ooh, self-deprecating fat jokes from Ricky?!).

I'm not trying to be a dick here, and I want the movie to be good, but if it's not then it'll be a shame, because Ricky could have been the sort of actor you can trust to be in quality shit all the time. Night of the Museum I can understand, because it's just cameos, and he's supposedly returning a favour for Ben Stiller in Extras. A better favour would be to tell him how much his movies fucking suck, but whatever.

Bring on Cemetery Junction though. I'll watch/listen to anything that both Ricky and Steve are involved in.

by **Johnny** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 9:35 pm

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/59250/

A very positive review then.

by **New Odour** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 9:50 pm

Johnzie wrote:http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/59250/

A very positive review then.

Yeah, thanks for this. Tainted a bit by the comment at the bottom though, if true.

by **Barrylad** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 11:23 pm

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/inventionoflying

Keep the eye there for more updates.

by **sean2mush** » Mon 28 Sep, 2009 11:39 pm

i'm gonna wait and see what kermode says

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