Liar Liar: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

80

Well into his tumultuous career, Mr. Carrey finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle, and the results are much wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

75

Truth be told, the rapid-fire Liar, directed with unfussy flair by Tom Shadyac, is a one-joke movie. But it's a doozy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

80

Like Robin Williams, Carrey has learned to do his side-splitting shtick in character. He's not only under control, but funnier than ever as the truth-impaired Fletcher Reede.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

80

It's a magnificent comic experience.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

80

Its premise is flimsy, but its payoff is riotously funny.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

I am gradually developing a suspicion, or perhaps it is a fear, that Jim Carrey is growing on me.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

80

...Liar Liar stands to make a liar out of those who predicted that Carrey's career was on the skids.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

100

This is Carrey's most mature (and mainstream) comic turn, with flashes of introspection and tenderness.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

Close to an ideal jumping-off point for Carrey, who spends the better part of an hour grotesquely physicalizing his scummy lawyer's struggle with being obliged to utter cold, hard facts.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

As Carrey's celebrated rubber does its patented act, the flick turns into a gyrational marathon -- mildly funny but seriously exhausting.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

All-in-all, Liar Liar is pretty good fun, and it represents one of Carrey's most entertaining movies to date.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

...as Liar Liar proves one more time, there is probably no more consistently funny performer working in film today.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Sarah Wenk Common Sense Media

40

Carrey's mugging glosses over some tough issues.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide

50

A sickly soft-swirl confection of low laughs and smarmy sentiment...
Full Review » 3 years ago
Film4

A lot of fun, especially when Carrey reels off an entire lifetime's worth of driving offences to a nearby cop.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

Pretty rudimentary, but it keeps Carrey's occasional over-exuberance in check and delivers likeable, effective, but decidedly mainstream comedy.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

75

Carrey truly works his *** off to get a laugh.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

34

A product that has nothing, zero, zip going for it besides the presence of its star.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

20

After a while, Jim Carey's character making a fool of himself is becoming annoying and the ultra-sentimental finale doesn't ring a little bit true.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

80

Entregando-se com uma energia assustadoramente feroz ao personagem, Jim Carrey comprova mais uma vez seu dom para a comedia fisica e transforma O Mentiroso em um filme simplesmente hilario.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly

75

Strong on premise, the film is short on plot.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

75

While the ending is a little too syrupy for my taste, it is still a very funny film, mostly because of Carrey's antics.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

80

Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

The effect is surprisingly touching. No matter what you think of his humor, by gum, the man works hard.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin N. Laforest Montreal Film Journal

75

Finds an amusing premise and beats the hell out of it, propelling it into one hysterically funny situation after another.
Full Review » 10 years ago