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”Big Fat Liar" has to be one of the most underrated and hilarious comedies of the early 2000s. It tells the story of Jason Shephard (Frankie Muniz) who constantly lies to his parents. One day he gets caught by his teacher who makes him hand in a paper that day or go to summer school. After Jason gets hit by famous movie producer Marty Wolf's (Paul Giamatti) limo, he leaves his essay behind which of course his teacher and parents think is a lie.
Jason and his best friend Kaylee (Amanda Bynes) decide to go to Hollywood and confront Marty Wolf after they see a trailer for Jason's story that Wolf stole. He is on a mission to prove to his family that he's not just a liar.
This movie is SO funny! Paul Giamatti is hilarious as Marty Wolf and the character really makes the movie. He's such a jerk that you can't even feel bad for all the craziness Jason and Kaylee and everyone else who he's mistreated put him through.
The best scene is when Jason and Kaylee sneak into Wolf's luxurious house to Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf," and put blue dye in his pool and orange dye in his shampoo. They also put superglue on his earbuds which he attempts to remove while driving and almost crashes.
What's so funny about what they do to Wolf is that Jason isn't even saying don't make "Big Fat Liar." He only wants Wolf to tell his dad that he wrote his paper so he doesn't have to go to summer school. Karma, am I right?
Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes are really great in these roles. I think they're both super believable even though 2 teens taking a plane across the country to seek revenge is a little bit out there. The supporting cast also has notable actors such as Jaleel White, Sandra Oh, Donald Faison, John Cho and Taran Killam.
My favorite scene with Amanda Bynes is when Kaylee has to get Marty's secretary out of the office so Jason can confront him. Noticing Astrid's love of dogs she decides to tell Astrid that she parked on a dog. So funny!
The big climax of the movie when every single person who Marty Wolf has wronged bands together to get him to confess to stealing "BFL" (as Wolf hilariously calls it) is so incredibly satisfying. They even go as far as to make Wolf think the helicopter he's on is going to crash and he and the pilot have to jump with a single parachute.
Overall, "Big Fat Liar" is such a fun movie to watch. The story is silly but the message it presents about lying and karma is one that we can all heed. Don't be a Marty but also maybe don't be a Jason and dye a man blue.
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