The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying (abbreviated version) is a Ricky Gervais comedy. The title pretty much sums up the general plot - the thought of telling a lie has never entered into someone's head, until Ricky's character. The thing is, even though these people haven't discovered lying yet, does that mean that they HAVE to say EVERYTHING that they are thinking? I mean you would think that if you didn't lie you would at least just not admit stuff...but, whatever. It was fairly funny seeing what a world without lies would look like. For example, the name on the retirement home read: A Sad Place For Hopeless Old People.

The Invention of Lying gets two kernels for being fairly funny and at times even satirical, but not really that amazing.