Jennifer Garner The Invention of Lying

in The Invention of Lying as Anna.

The Invention of Lying is a 2009 comedy film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. The Invention of Lying also stars Gervais and Jennifer Garner. The Invention of Lying film was released in the US and UK on October 2, 2009.

Tell about...Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) lives in a world just like our own, but no one lies there. Everyone is completely honest all the time. The first half of the movie shows Mark's sad life a struggling loser, and how he is insulted by his completely honest coworkers, his Mom, and Anna (Jennifer Garner), his date. His Mom gets sick, and he makes up a story about an afterlife to help comfort his Mom on her deathbed. Doctors and nurses overhear him, and soon Mark becomes an international authority on the afterlife. People camp on his lawn to learn more. Mark develops a story about the "Man in the Sky," who functions like God, and he pastes his theology on two pizza boxes like Moses and the ten commandments. Mark learns to lie to help his friends, get money at the bank, cheat at the casino, and eventually to win the affection of Anna.

The Invention of Lying star: Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais, Rob Lowe, Jay Manuel and Matthew Perry at The Invention of Lying premiere in LA, CA at the Chinese Theatre on September 21, 2009.


The Invention of Lying (2009)- Trailer
The Invention of Lying comedy explores a world where everyone tells the truth until one writer tells a lie and uses the power for personal gain.


Charmingly Clever,
Author: Marie-Jeanne Cotner from United States

Brilliant concept and terrific execution. Wonderful casting.

Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner are absolutely believable throughout their respective characters' evolution, and they play off each other very well. In fact, everyone's performance is spot on. And the cinematography beautifully plays up (or down, rather) the fictional world which is the story's setting.

If you're hoping for non-stop one-liners and ridiculousness throughout, this is not your film. While this film's cheeky, pointed story is loaded with wit - including some side-splitting scenes (I cried with laughter watching Ricky Gervais' character face questions from a credulous crowd) - it has a real and rather serious plot. There is a point to this fiction, indeed.