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Big Fat Liar is a 2002 English-language comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins. Produced by Brian Robbins and Michael Tollin through Tollin/Robbins Productions, the movie stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, and Amanda Detmer. Christophe Beck composed the score. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and Michigan, with filming taking place in Los Angeles. The film originated in the United States and Germany and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix via video on demand.
The production had a budget of 15,000,000 and grossed 52,970,014 at the box office. It has a runtime of 88 minutes and carries a PG rating. Critical reception includes a 44% score, a 5/10 rating, and a 36/100 assessment. Other metrics list a 45% rating and a 5.5 IMDb score based on 41,927 votes. The film is part of the Big Fat Liar Collection and has been assessed for the Bechdel test.
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Film · TMDB
5.9After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!
Cast
- Frankie Muniz as Jason Shepherd
- Paul Giamatti as Marty Wolf
- Amanda Bynes as Kaylee
- Amanda Detmer as Monty Kirkham
- Sandra Oh as Mrs. Caldwell
- Russell Hornsby as Marcus Duncan
Themes
- right and justice
- screenplay
- movie business
- liar
- revenge
- prank
- teen movie
- hollywood
- intellectual property
- amused
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
41,927 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
Metacritic
36/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Shawn Levy
- Screenplay by
- Dan Schneider
- Story by
- Dan Schneider Brian Robbins
- Produced by
- Brian Robbins Mike Tollin
- Starring
- Frankie Muniz Paul Giamatti Amanda Bynes Amanda Detmer Donald Faison Lee Majors
- Cinematography
- Jonathan Brown
- Edited by
- Stuart Pappé Kimberly Ray
- Music by
- Christophe Beck
- Production company
- Tollin/Robbins Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- February 8, 2002 ( 2002-02-08 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $53 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Big Fat Liar | Universal Pictures At Home
Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale! On a cross-country adventure to set the record straight, Jason and best friend Kaylee devise a high-tech plan to squeeze the truth out of Wolf. © 2002 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Screenwriter
- Brian Robbins
- Cast member
- Pat O'Brien
- Composer
- Christophe Beck
- Producer
- Michael Tollin
- Production company
- Tollin/Robbins Productions
- Narrative location
- Michigan
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 742134
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.uphe.com/movies/big-fat-liar
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- publication date
- 2002-02-08
- title
- Big Fat Liar
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 36/100
- capital cost
- 15000000
- box office
- 48360547
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and written by Dan Schneider from a story by Schneider and Brian Robbins. It stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes, with a supporting cast featuring Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors and Russell Hornsby.
The plot, alluding to Aesop's Fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf, follows a 14-year-old boy (Muniz) whose creative writing assignment "Big Fat Liar" is stolen by an arrogant Hollywood producer (Giamatti) who plans to use it to make the fictional film of the same name. It was released in the United States on February 8, 2002 by Universal Pictures to mixed to negative reviews from critics while grossing $53 million worldwide against a $15 million budget. It was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, titled Bigger Fatter Liar, in 2017.
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