Liar Liar (1997) on Netflix
Defense lawyer Fletcher Reede puts work before his son Max and lies about why. When he misses Max's fifth birthday party, Max wishes his father could not lie for a day.
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Fletcher Reede is a defense lawyer in Los Angeles, divorced from Audrey and the father of a young son, Max. He loves the time he spends with Max, but he puts his career first, breaks promises to Max and to Audrey, and then lies about the reasons. Senior partner Miranda draws him into sex in the office with the promise of a promotion, and he misses Max's fifth birthday party. For his birthday, Max wishes that his father could not tell a lie for one day. Unaware of the wish, Fletcher soon finds that he cannot lie, mislead, or withhold the truth, and the condition holds for twenty-four hours.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Liar Liar (1997)
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- Liar Liar's $31,423,025 opening weekend was, at the time, Universal Pictures' second-highest three-day opener ever, behind only Jurassic Park, and it also beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the largest March opening weekend, a record it held for five years until Ice Age took it in 2002.
- By late April 1997, Liar Liar had overtaken the Star Wars Special Edition re-release to become the year's top-grossing film, eventually earning $181,410,615 in North America and $302,710,615 worldwide.
- The role of Fletcher Reede was envisioned for Tom Hanks and Steve Martin, and Hugh Grant was interested in the role before he backed out due to the Divine Brown scandal.
- In order to star in the film, Carrey chose not to play the role of Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
- Critics pointed out that the plot closely resembled a Twilight Zone episode called The Whole Truth, in which a used-car salesman is forced to tell the truth so long as he owns a haunted car he bought, right down to a scene where an assistant asks for a raise he cannot actually give.
- Carrey said in an interview that filming was very physically demanding on him, "because it was this constant suppression of angst, completely freaking out all the time. I would go home with total exhaustion."
- The film was dedicated to the memory of Jason Bernard, who died shortly after filming was completed, and it was also the last film to feature Don Keefer, who retired in 1997 before he died in 2014.
