The Invention of Lying is crushed under the weight of its enormous potential. Ricky Gervais, the hilarious comedian from The Office and Extras takes on a terrific concept (one man can lie in a world where everyone tells the truth), and also co-writes and directs unlike last year's okay, but not great, Ghost Town. Not only does the script offer laughs, but it takes on some difficult issues raised by the absence/invention of lying.  ...read more