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Big Fat Liar

2002

Shawn Levy

Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer ...

3.9

2,418

Comedy Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) 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 (Amanda Bynes) devise a high-tech plan to squeeze the truth out of Wolf through a series of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A surprisingly entertaining movie (...) It's ideal for younger kids, and not painful for their parents (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	John Hazelton Screendaily	"[The comedy] is certainly energetic (and sometimes quite physically aggressive). But it also feels curiously tame and well-mannered."	NEU
United States	Nell Minow Common Sense Media	"Muniz and Giamatti are deft comic actors in 'Big Fat Liar', but the highlight of the movie is Bynes (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Robert Koehler Variety	"Kids looking for something dumb, ear popping and broad will be kept happy, though they’re not likely to sustain [it] for too long."	NEU
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"[It] is very cute for the Nickelodeon generation, if time grudgingly spent for grown-ups (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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