Lügen macht erfinderisch

Apart from it being a pretty good idea I don't see many positives here unfortunately. Ricky Gervais is definitely not one of my favorite actors and I often find him quite unappealing. He doesn't fit the lead role for me at all. And since this film is based mainly on him, there was nothing here that made a good impression on me. Not to mention the half-baked situations, which the filmmakers definitely should have managed. 1.5 stars. (23.08.2012)

Most of the comments claim that the film is significantly better in its first half and then falls into helplessness. I see it exactly the opposite way, the first third of the film tries to be a comedy and squeezes out actually the only decent idea (of course not original) about a world that does not know lies and pretense. But the joke is often barren and belongs more to the depicted world is unfinished, I remember how many weeks, even months, it took Monty Python to write Life of Brian, whereas here the screenwriter didn't try that hard. In the second third, when our hero learns to lie, the film rises to higher levels, because after the first lie, what else is born but religion? On the other hand, even here, the potential is much greater than the creators could achieve. It's like if you inherited a million dollars and had fun throwing the banknotes into the canal. While the comedic aspect doesn't work, at least not as one would expect, the film is much stronger in terms of romance. That storyline escalates in the last third and although it is not about discovering brand new concepts, I can say that the romantic storyline completely stood out for me, even though I can imagine a better actress than the overall average Jennifer Garner. In general, the more serious the tone this film chooses during its runtime, the better it works. Overall impression: 55%. (24.02.2013)

Diesem Film gebe ich vier Sterne – und ich tue es gern. Lügen macht erfinderisch = eine untypische, bei weitem nicht nur romantische Komödie, die schlau, witzig und gleichzeitig rührend ist. Ricky Gervais hat hier Folgendes bewiesen: Wenn es um den trockensten Humor geht, hat er keine Konkurrenz. Er hat mich aber damit überrascht, wie er die dramatischen Momente bewältigt hat (die Szene mit der Mutter). Diesen Film muss man als eine Art Botschaft wahrnehmen, als einen Einblick in eine seltsame menschliche Seele, die in einer seltsamen Welt der Wahrheit lebt, und als eine witzige Anregung zum gesunden Nachdenken. Dann funktioniert er ausgezeichnet.__PS: Wenn Ihnen Gervais’ Wen die Geister lieben gefallen hat, zögern Sie nicht und schauen sich auch Lügen macht erfinderisch an.__PPS: Wenn Ihnen Wen die Geister lieben nicht gefallen hat, zögern Sie… Geben aber Lügen macht erfinderisch trotzdem eine Chance. Vielleicht wird es für Sie eine nette Überraschung sein. Das ist nicht gelogen. (27.08.2010)