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 TWO FRIENDS ARE ABOUT TO CUT ONE HOLLYWOOD BIG SHOT DOWN TO SIZE. Who's afraid of the big bad Wolf? Not Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz). 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. Travelling to Los Angeles from his home in Michigan with his best friend Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), Jason tries to break into show business - literally. The result? Through a hilarious series of pranks and ruses, Jason brings one of Hollywood's most powerful producers to his knees. The thing is - and it's not a good thing - Jason and Marty have something in common. Marty spends many of his waking hours dodging the truth, sometimes shading it, and often just plain lying. It's as natural to him as breathing, even a badge of honour. He gets away with it, considers it one more necessary weapon in his arsenal for surviving the fiercely competitive Hollywood trenches. It's not pretty. It's not right. But it's another matter altogether that 14-year-old Jason is just as comfortable and just as skilled at twisting the truth. It's not that Jason wants to lie. But when he's caught in a scrape - and he often is - he invents a good story. It's that simple. After Jason's parents and teacher catch him trying to cover up yet another misadventure, they issue an ultimatum: come up with an overdue English term paper in one day or get ready for summer school. Highly motivated, Jason feverishly writes a story called Big Fat Liar. 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. The paper literally falls into Wolf's lap, and Jason arrives at school with nothing but a very colourful excuse. This time it's true, but try telling his parents. They have lost all faith in Jason and that hurts much more than he'd ever imagined. 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. Willing to do whatever it takes to restore his parents' trust, Jason decides to go to Hollywood to prove that he wasn't crying wolf. And that means a different kind of Wolf is about to meet his match. |
BIG FAT LIAR (PG) 1 hour 27 mins