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Release Date: October 2nd, 2009

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

U.S. Box Office: $18,439,082

Rating: PG-13 for language including some sexual material and a drug reference.

Directed By: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson

Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor

TVB Rank: 3.862 Critics Reviews: 7 out of 10

Boston Globe ...the British comic actor Ricky Gervais has come up with a wickedly funny idea for a movie - and then purged the wickedness right out of it. Ty Burr

Chicago Sun-Times In its amiable, quiet, PG-13 way, The Invention of Lying is a remarkably radical comedy. Roger Ebert

Reelviews ...feels a little too much like a wasted opportunity. James Berardinelli

San Francisco Chronicle ...an original comedy that expresses some real thinking and feeling. Mick LaSalle

USA Today ...intermittently clever and funny... Claudia Puig

The Invention of Lying - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Invention of Lying is a 2009 American comedy satire and a romantic comedy film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. ...