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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
Notice:	Please do DIR/TITLE before starting a new topic on a movie!
Moderator:	VAXCPU::michaudo.dec.com::tamara::eppes

Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

1230.0. "Liar Liar" by FABSIX::C_GARRITY () Mon Mar 24 1997 21:43

      Got to see Jim Carrey's new movie "Liar Liar" the other night at the 
     Webster Square cinema( great parking..uhuh). It was a decent Carrey 
     movie. ..more of a family movie, with him being a dad in this one. The 
     story is pretty straight forward....his son makes a wish on his
     birthday that his father can't tell a lie. Carrey's character is a 
     lawyer and he can't help but lie. But once the wish is made all hell
     breaks loose. Take the kids to this one. and the running tiem is under
     90 minutes as well. 
    
     *** out *****.
    
      Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1230.1	pants on fire	VAXCPU::michaud	Barbara Eden	`Tue Mar 25 1997 00:13`	7
	Howard Stern on Letterman last week said this film's plot was stolen from the episode of Bewitched where Dagwoods mother-in-law put a spell on him such that he could only tell the truth. From the previews that appears to be the case. Also FWIW, I believe Siskel & Ebert both gave a thumbs up, saying Carey is back on the right track after his last flop (Cable Guy).
1230.2	"imagine Arnold and Devito as identical twins"	THEBAY::WIEGLEB	Voracious schools of lottery girls	`Tue Mar 25 1997 19:28`	9
	RE: Where plot was stolen from It's not like this is such a deep plot concept that it needs to "stolen" from anyone. It sounds like a pure example of "high concept" (i.e., that the story can be summed up in one sentence for a pitch meeting or advertising). - Dave
1230.3		REGENT::POWERS		`Wed Mar 26 1997 12:04`	7
	It was an old Twilight Zone episode too - 1960 or so. A car is "cursed", and whoever owns it can speak only the truth. The used car salesman who buys it has a bit of trouble unloading it and his other stock. I won't give the ending away. - tom]