Learning that Gervais had also written this made it even worse. Dumb premise is not just that no one can lie, but there's also no compassion, fun, tact, sensitivity or intelligence in this projected universe that might as well be modern USA - or is that a bit unfair? Film seems to be aimed at the 5 - 13 age group.
In 2010 I was in a more gullible mood, stating "Quite a neat idea proves difficult to pull off, though suggestion that the afterlife is The Big Lie is a good one." Clearly, I had no critical head on that day, Sunday 21 February (though I had preceded this by The Conformist in the morning, which perhaps absorbed all of my critical faculties.)
Anyway, it's pretty awful and Gervais is not a great leading man. Sorry. With Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor (boss). Shot by Tim Suhrstedt in Panavision.
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