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  Big Fat Liar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 film directed by Shawn Levy.
He is riding on a bike to get to the school when he writes a story called "Big Fat Liar" for the report when a limo hits him due to some people teasing him [it was his sister's old pink bike] and him looking that way.
Jason Shephard is habitual liar at first, Jason is a 14-year-old [a running gag in the movie is people thinking he's a different age] who is the main character.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Fat_Liar   (852 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar is nothing more than an adolescent fantasy, where kids can do anything they set their mind to and humiliate adults at the same time.
This is obvious because of the numerous on camera displays of the soda, as well as the placing of the film inside Universal Studios with numerous identifiable landmarks passing by in the backgrounds.
Nevertheless, this is a movie for children, and the main character is constant liar.
www.haro-online.com /movies/big_fat_liar.html   (522 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar
The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar.
"Big Fat Liar" is about a teenage boy Jason (Muniz) who is famous in both school and home for his lying abilities.
Big Fat Liar even attempts to pull you in with some unexpected cameos by Lee Majors and "Urkel" Jaleel White.
www.ez-entertainment.net /zoneseye/bigfatliarview.htm   (606 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar (2002): Reviews
Big Fat Liar 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.
A lame collection of dumber-than-dumb gags, the quality of Big Fat Liar is on par with that of the worst television sit-com gorged to four times its normal size.
Big Fat Liar's screenplay, co-written by Robbins and fellow Head Of The Class alumnus Dan Schneider, is a model of comic inefficiency.
www.metacritic.com /film/titles/bigfatliar   (779 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar - DVD Movie Central
Big Fat Liar is one of the more pleasantly funny family film offerings I’ve seen in a while.
Big Fat Liar is a comedy triumph for the whole family…honest.
Big Fat Liar would have probably gotten my vote this year for its amusing menu screens and terrific features, not to mention the quality of the movie itself.
www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/big_fat_liar.htm   (989 words)

  
 BIG FAT LIAR (RATING): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22012
He gave it the title of "Big Fat Liar." On his way to deliver the essay to his oriental teacher teaching English as a second language at a nearby community college, Jason runs into a limo occupied by Hollywood producer, Marty Wolfe (Paul Giamatti).
Unable to convince his father that "Big Fat Liar" is Jason's essay stolen by Wolfe, Jason launches a campaign to force Wolfe into fessing up to his dastardly deed.
Programming in *Big Fat Liar* which may be of concern to parents and grandparents includes, of course, a ton of lies.
www.capalert.com /capreports/bigfatliar.htm   (2143 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar
Before we know it, Jason sees an ad touting the upcoming film as the next big hit, and when he tells his family that it's his story, they think he's just telling another whopper.
While his parents are away, Jason persuades his cute friend Kaylee (Amanda Bynes) to go to Hollywood with him to force Wolf to own up to the fact that he wrote the script and clear him with his dad.
Big Fat Liar is, without having to resort to bathroom humor, a lot of clean fun.
www.projections-movies.com /reviews/bigfatliar.html   (353 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar- Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews
Joining in The Game of Liar, Liar (points to all adults so bored that they can point to all the, uh, homages in the script) are teevee stars Steve Urkel, um, Jaleel White, and Lee Majors looking none the worse for wear stripped of this six million dollar bionics.
We know that Big Fat Liar isn't the total boring disaster (from this adult's POV) that Snow Dogs was but it's still going to do business since there's nothing in it that should have parents worried about nasty influences like bad language or spurting blood violence.
Big Fat Liar, for all its visual flash and reality-free storyline, is fairly gentle and inoffensive.
www.crankycritic.com /archive02/bigfatliar.html   (898 words)

  
 BIG FAT LIAR - DVD
Big Fat Liar, most surprisingly, hints at a kind of Cecil B. Demented Hollywood deconstruction while retaining much of the wonder and magic that drew most of us to the movies in the first place.
Still, Big Fat Liar takes pains to feature a multi-racial supporting cast, and it resists the temptation (as Snow Dogs does not) of treeing the fl guy and suggesting that he tastes like chicken.
Note: before Big Fat Liar starts, the viewer is forced to watch a commercial for Bynes' new sitcom "What I Like About You" (skip and fast-forward functions have been disabled for it); Bynes is also your personal (and impatient!) tour guide through the menus.
www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/bigfatliar.htm   (643 words)

  
 DVD Review: Big Fat Liar
"Big Fat Liar", supported by some of the worst trailers I've seen for a film in recent memory, actually turns out to be a fine kid's picture - nothing too out-of-the-ordinary, but fun and witty enough to be a nice way to pass a little over an hour.
"Big Fat Liar" is slight fare - I could easily imagine it being a TV movie instead - but it's still a fine effort from all involved.
SOUND: "Big Fat Liar" is presented in both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 on this presentation.
www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/bigfatliardvd.html   (823 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar (2001)
On the strength of that underwhelming moral message, Big Fat Liar asks us to overlook all the lying, stealing, vandalism, and other rollicking hijinks perpetrated by the hero in order to show his parents that he really is worthy of their trust and respect after all.
Big Fat Liar is the story of a kid who’s a Big Fat Liar, who writes a school paper titled "Big Fat Liar," which falls into the hands of a Hollywood producer who’s a Big Fat Liar, who steals the kid’s story and makes it into a movie called… well, you know.
Big Fat Liar wants to be this year’s Spy Kids, but it’s actually more of a cross between an older-set Home Alone and a younger-set Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1844   (1015 words)

  
 Amanda Bynes NOW! -- Big Fat Liar (The Liar Wire)
Big Fat Liar boasts a few knowing swipes at the movie biz, and also a colorful tour of the Universal backlot, where most of the picture was made.
``Big Fat Liar'' is a totally entertaining experience, with such a strong package of clever writing and casting, resourceful heroes and a love-to-hate antagonist that it comically connects with viewers of any age.
While "Big FAT Liar" was racking up the box office numbers this weekend, one of its stars was doing some good works: Amy Hill, the Twinkie-munching Wolf underling Jocelyn Davis, was one of the performers who contributed to "What a Pair!", a benefit show spotlighting female duets from Broadway musicals.
www.amandabynesnow.com /bigfatliar/liarwire/liarwire.htm   (8467 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar film review
Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) is one of the best liars in his neighbourhood - he's a notorious fibber, able to concoct elaborate tall tales to explain why his homework is late, or why he missed class.
Big Fat Liar is amiable entertainment for the whole family, with plenty of slapsticks and laughs as Jason exacts his revenge.
Big Fat Liar is an inoffensive and energetic little romp.
www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/big_fat_liar.html   (614 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar is one of those movies, like Bring It On or Legally Blonde, that's kind of silly but works nonetheless.
Marty, in search of a big movie, reads the paper and turns it into his next project.
Big Fat Liar is a lighthearted comedy that's funny and enjoyable, and more importantly, it knows its limits.
www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/b/bigfatliar.html   (472 words)

  
 'Big Fat Liar'
When Jason realizes that "Big Fat Liar" is being touted as next summer's must-see film, he talks his best friend, Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), into accompanying him to Hollywood so he can prove to his parents that he really did write his paper and is deserving of their trust.
"Big Fat Liar" is a little bit "Home Alone," a little bit "Spy Kids" and a little bit "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles," another movie set partially on a movie lot.
It makes a case for being truthful, although it might have helped to focus more on Jason's life in Michigan before shipping him off to Los Angeles We don't get to see just how much of a big fat liar he is, before he encounters one even bigger in the town that truth forgot.
www.post-gazette.com /movies/20020208liar7.asp   (483 words)

  
 ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Not only did Wolf steal "Big Fat Liar," it's set to be next year's must-see movie.
Big Fat Liar doesn't run the gamut of adult-oriented jokes and innocent, kiddie-involved fun like Shrek or Monsters, Inc., but in its own way, the Dan Schneider-scripted (Good Burger) comedy appeals to viewers of all ages.
Younger viewers may prefer Snow Dogs, but Big Fat Liar is a perfect treat for the early preteen-age crowd.
www.reeltalkreviews.com /browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=437   (625 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar
This 14-year-old thinks on his feet and when he has to prove that sleazy Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) stole his class paper and is turning it into the blockbuster movie Big Fat Liar, he is ready for battle.
But while he races to deliver the story to his teacher, his bicycle slams into the limousine of Hollywood producer Marty Wolf, who is in Michigan working on his latest production.
He has no way to undo the damage until a few months later when he sees a preview for Wolf's latest movie - Big Fat Liar.
www.reeltime-cinemas.co.uk /films/bigfatliar.fhtml   (384 words)

  
 SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: BIG FAT LIAR
Comedy: A young habitual liar sets out to prove that an unscrupulous Hollywood producer stole his school paper and is going to turn it into a movie.
Given one last chance and just a few hours to write that essay else he be sent to summer school, Jason writes a story entitled "Big Fat Liar" and then races to get it to his teacher before the deadline.
When Marty steals his idea and plans to turn it into a movie, the boy sets out to prove that he's not a liar by persuading the producer (through various means) to call his dad and tell him the truth.
www.screenit.com /movies/2002/big_fat_liar.html   (1754 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar - Movie Review
Like those in Home Alone, the pranks in Big Fat Liar will surely please the film’s target audience; however, the messages it tries to infuse with all its fun contradict the premise of the story.
However, adults who are looking to Big Fat Liar to provide a social commentary to their kids on the virtues of telling the truth will find the film comes up well short.
In fact, the message Big Fat Liar tries to get across about the truth not being overrated is contradicted by the countless lies and deceptions Jason and Kaylee concoct to execute their plan.
www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/bigfatliar   (792 words)

  
 Amanda Bynes NOW! -- Big Fat Liar (Cast)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Almost across the board critics were unanimous in their praise of the then-fifteen-year-old actress, hailing her cute comic turn as Kaylee and dreaming of the future to come...
Big Fat Liar is Bynes' big-screen debut, and serves as proof that fans of the 15-year-old's comedy sketch show, The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon in the U.S., aren't wrong.
She also appeared in the movie "Big Night" along side her brother, and also was in "Private Parts" (with Paul Giamatti) and the TV series "Chicago Hope" for its final two seasons.
www.amandabynesnow.com /bigfatliar/cast/cast.htm   (3042 words)

  
 Louisville Scene | Movies | Movie Review | 'Big Fat Liar'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Big fat flop: Humor is lacking in Frankie Muniz-Amanda Bynes flick
This film, which teams TV stars Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes, is the kind of low-wattage, live-action cartoon tale that regularly starred Tommy Kirk and, later, a young Kurt Russell, when Disney was producing them in the 1960s and early '70s.
To avoid summer school and get himself out of a self-created jam with his English teacher, he writes an overdue short story called "Big Fat Liar" and rushes off with it to meet his homework deadline.
www.courier-journal.com /scene/movies/reviews/2002/20020208bigfatliar.html   (377 words)

  
 BIG FAT LIAR
Big Fat Liar is a lot of fun.
Giamatti plays this role with such vigor that you literally enjoy hating him, and every second he's on screen is a lot of fun.
Big Fat Liar also has something else I like in movies, cameos, though the ones here are a little more obscure than most.
members.tripod.com /ajsinnz/bigfatliar.htm   (402 words)

  
 DVD.net : Big Fat Liar (Rental) - DVD Review
Coming into Big Fat Liar a fan of Malcolm in the Middle, I was initially a little disappointed by this largely formulaic offering.
And so we come to Big Fat Liar, not a bad film by any means, but one whose DTS mix, provided in addition to a serviceable Dolby Digital 5.1 track, reeks of marketing-fuelled overkill.
Suffice to say that, whilst the DTS mix is a welcome addition to Big Fat Liar, with the exception of an increase in fidelity, the differences between it and its Dolby Digital 5.1 mix are minimal.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=2199   (1607 words)

  
 TNMC Movie Reviews: Big Fat Liar
These films operate on two levels, providing silly humor for kids ands sly jokes meant to fly over the heads of children to appeal to their parents.
Big Fat Liar makes an attempt to find that balance.
The story revolves around Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) who is a dedicated and enthusiastic liar.
www.tnmc.org /batcave/bigfatliar.shtml   (590 words)

  
 DVDCC.COM: Big Fat Liar DVD REVIEW
I have no doubt that children and pre-teens will love Big Fat Liar, but the odds of someone past puberty enjoying the film aren’t exactly great.
For what it is and for what it sets out to do, Big Fat Liar undoubtedly works.
Audio: Amazingly enough, Big Fat Liar comes with separate DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks.
www.dvdcc.com /review.php?bigfatliar   (903 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar | ajc.com
Review: "Big Fat Liar" is a movie about the movie business made by people who think we don't know anything about the movie business.
The shallow, scheming movie producer, who steals an idea from a story Jason wrote and turns it into a movie called"Big Fat Liar," shouts at everyone who crosses his path — his driver, his assistant, even his stunt coordinator (Lee Majors in a mildly funny cameo).
Jason and Kaylee trek from Michigan to Hollywood to force Marty to admit to Jason's dad that he stole the idea, because Jason's dad thinks he's — you guessed it — a big fat liar.
www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/bigfatliar.html   (586 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "Big Fat Liar"
"Big Fat Liar" reveals its weaknesses and strengths just five minutes into the film with an elaborate, well-schemed fabrication.
"Big Fat Liar" is full of such not-quite-fatal oversights.
If that was the goal, "Big Fat Liar" generally succeeds.
archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/02/08/big_fat_liar/index.html   (1239 words)

  
 Big Fat Liar - Movie Review
Built on the long-labored template of a cute kid elaborately pranking crooked adults, "Big Fat Liar" is basically a junior high school "Home Alone"-meets-"Ferris Bueller" set on a Hollywood back lot.
Despite being weakly scripted, cliché-driven, under-directed and over-acted, "Big Fat Liar" is kept afloat by the screwball performance of noisy nebbish character actor Giamatti ("Planet of the Apes," "Big Momma's House," "Man on the Moon").
But while "Big Fat Liar" hardly qualifies as archetypal kiddie fare -- especially since its finale is ridiculously, pointlessly convoluted -- as Saturday matinee fodder (or better yet, as a $3 rental in six months' time) it's amusing enough to recommend as fun for kids and agreeable for parents.
www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/bigfatliar_1   (543 words)

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