While it never tops the explosive hilarity of its first 20 minutes, “The Invention of Lying” is a smartly written, nicely layered comedy that, like last year’s underappreciated “Ghost Town ...

A saving grace is the unexpected depth brought to the film when Mark begins lying for unselfish reasons. He discovers he can make his suicidal neighbor feel better by saying he likes him.

Now, to judge from Mr. Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, he has had to pay the price of working in the American film industry by pre-emptively sentimentalizing another loser who might ...

The Invention of Lying is just the right comedy vehicle for our very own Ricky Gervais - his lowkey invasion of Hollywood started with The Office and then switched into supporting roles in films ...

In The Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais plays Mark Bellison, who lives in a world where lying doesn’t exist. A world where even the simplest of pleasantries is a blunt, TMI-heavy exchange. A ...

If you're one of those people who cracks up just listening to or seeing Ricky Gervais — guilty as charged here — "The Invention of Lying" automatically erases the memory of all the recent bad ...

The newest installment in this trend is "The Invention of Lying," in which Ricky Gervais, instead of resting on formula and on a familiar persona, uses his first opportunity as a big screen actor ...

“The Invention of Lying” stars Ricky Gervais as Mark, a schlub who toils away writing boring documentaries (which are — horrors! — the only films allowed in this world).

How many lies have you told today? How about this week? Ricky Gervais pins the truth at the center of his new comedy "The Invention of Lying." Its premise is bathed not only in people controlling ...

Once Mark discovers the power of his invention, he tries it out in various scenarios - bragging, seduction, gaining wealth. But at this point the story begins grinding gears.

The Invention of Lying by: Josh Board Posted: Oct 2, 2009 / 12:48 AM PDT Updated: Mar 31, 2013 / 12:50 AM PDT This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

This invention relates to structural glass and more particularly to a novel form of structural glass assembly composed of tubular and ball elements. An object of the invention is to provide ...