Liar Liar
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Film · TMDB
6.7Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
Released: 1997-03-2186 minDir: Tom ShadyacComedy, Fantasy
Cast
- Jim Carrey as Fletcher Reede
- Maura Tierney as Audrey Reede
- Justin Cooper as Max Reede
- Cary Elwes as Jerry
- Anne Haney as Greta
- Amanda Donohoe as Miranda
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.9/10
360,402 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
70/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tom Shadyac
- Written by
- Paul Guay Stephen Mazur
- Produced by
- Brian Grazer
- Starring
- Jim Carrey Maura Tierney Jennifer Tilly Swoosie Kurtz Amanda Donohoe Anne Haney Justin Cooper
- Cinematography
- Russell Boyd
- Edited by
- Don Zimmerman
- Music by
- John Debney , James Newton Howard (theme)
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- March 18, 1997 ( 1997-03-18 ) ( Universal Amphitheatre ) March 21, 1997 ( 1997-03-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 86 minutes
- Country
- United States
Key dates
- Published
- 21 March 1997
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- trial film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Tom Shadyac
- Cast member
- Ben Lemon
- Composer
- John Debney
- Producer
- Brian Grazer
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Russell Boyd
Article
Liar Liar is a 1997 American fantasy comedy film starring Jim Carrey as a lawyer who built his entire career on lying only to find himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single day. He struggles to maintain his career and to reconcile with his ex-wife and son whom he alienated with his pathological lying. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, and is the second of three collaborations between Carrey and Shadyac, after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and before Bruce Almighty (2003).
Liar Liar was released in the United States on March 18, 1997 by Universal Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics, and grossed $303 million against a budget of $45 million. At the 55th Golden Globe Awards, Carrey was nominated for Best Actor.