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NUMBERS
Box Office: $47,811,275
VHS Rentals: $5,170,000
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CONSENSUS
Though there's nothing that offensive about Big Fat Liar, it is filled with Hollywood cliches and cartoonish slapstick, making it strictly for kids.
CAST & CREW
Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti
Directed by Shawn Levy
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SYNOPSIS
An eighth grader named Jason (Frankie Muniz from MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE) presents elaborate excuses for never completing his class assignments. more...
MPAA RATING
PG, some language
RUNTIME
88 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Feb 8, 2002
Video: Sep 24, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Universal Pictures
GENRE
Comedies, Comedy, Kids Adventure, Children, Comedy (General)
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Big Fat Liar Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
POSTERS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "The film is full of charm."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
 "A bland, obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES
"An infinitely wittier version of the Home Alone formula."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"It's crafty, energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"It's just rather leaden and dull."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"Confounds expectations and turns out to be one of the
happiest surprises so far this year...coasts along on a wave
of good, clean fun."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"A fitfully amusing romp that, if nothing else, will appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star, Frankie Muniz."
-- Neil Smith, BBCI FILMS
"Under 15? A giggle a minute. Over age 15? Big Fat Waste of Time."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"This is one of the rarest kinds of films: a family-oriented non-Disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"What starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points."
-- Bryan Reesman, CITYSEARCH
"Overall, it's a pretty mediocre family film."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Big Fat Liar is little more than Home Alone raised to a new, self-deprecating level."
-- David Perry, CINEMA-SCENE.COM
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"A hilarious film for anyone who remembers lying as a kid -- and anyone who wants to see a movie that's just plain fun."
-- Heather Wadowski, FILM THREAT
"It’s more enjoyable than I expected, though, and that’s because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs. Cinematic pratfalls given a working over. The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"Any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script, though with the same number of continuity errors."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"A pretty decent kid-pleasing, tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"Charming and funny (but ultimately silly) movie."
-- Shirley Sealy, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel."
-- Charles Savage, MIAMI HERALD
"It's no lie -- Big Fat Liar is a real charmer."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"No earth-shattering accomplishment, but an unusually smart movie that the whole family can go to without a single person getting bored or talked down to."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM
"The plot is plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another, most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults."
-- Sue Pierman, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Big Fat Liar is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities."
-- Frank Ochieng, MOVIE EYE
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ROTTEN 29%
Avg. Rating: 4.6/10 |
"The overall effect is less like a children's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts."
-- Paul Tatara, CNN
"Screenwriter Dan Schneider and director Shawn Levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite."
-- Jan Stuart, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"In gleefully, thumpingly hyperbolic terms, it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass, jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"Home Alone goes Hollywood, a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do. Besides, real movie producers aren't this nice."
-- Joel Siegel, ABCNEWS.COM
"[A]n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"A big fat pain."
-- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"A harmless and mildly amusing family comedy."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Feels at times like a giant commercial for Universal Studios, where much of the action takes place."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"Manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time."
-- Michael O'Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST
"I'd be the one lying if I said that Muniz and his inspired payback aren't sometimes funny."
-- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS
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"Collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence."
-- Sean O'Connell, ECLIPSE MAGAZINE
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