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Big Fat Liar
In a controversial story about a fourteen-year-old boy who always seems to be a liar in all cases. The boy's mother accidentally threw an article in his school, where the article found its way into the hand of Hollywood producer turning the idea into a successful film, and eventually the boy travels to Los Angeles to assess it.
23 July 1968, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
23 April 1939, Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
7 January 1977, San Jose, California, USA
22 June 1974, New York City, New York, USA
1970
15 December 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
9 May 1953, Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
14 April 1915, Russian Empire
15 December 1992, California, USA
17 September 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 February 1972, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
December 22, 2010
Really likeable family comedy set in cutthroat Hollywood.
August 01, 2003
...for a so-called comedy, there are few laughs to be had.
February 08, 2002
Never pushes its pranks far enough to reach laugh-out-loud success and never gives its actors enough comedic support.
February 08, 2003
...a well-meaning but brain-dead film...
March 14, 2014
It's a feature best viewed on mute. Or not at all.
May 20, 2003
Billed as a family film, only very young children will be able to dive into the story without banging their heads.
February 08, 2002
Manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time.
April 29, 2009
So farfetched...
February 08, 2002
Becomes a progression of increasingly elaborate slapstick stunts, in the brutal, noisy Home Alone vein, in which the complexity of the pranks rarely yields a commensurate comic reward.
February 08, 2002
Unless you're part of the Nickelodeon Nation, the cold, hard truth is you're better off dropping your 'tween at the multiplex and spending that hour and a half doing something more worthwhile.
February 11, 2002
[A]n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s.
February 08, 2002
A children's movie that's almost worth seeing even when not accompanied by a child.