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Big Fat Liar| Director: | Shawn Levy | | Writer: | Dan Schneider | | Universal Pictures; PG; 88 minutes | | Release: | 2/02 | | Cast: | Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti |
Neither family-fresh sweet nor post-pubescent naughty, Big Fat Liar is a comedy about an eighth grader whose autobiographical story (“Big Fat Liar”) is stolen by a nasty Hollywood producer and turned into a major motion picture. So Jason (Frankie Muniz from TV's Malcolm in the Middle) and his girlfriend Kaylee (Amanda Bynes) journey to confront corrupt Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) in his Universal Studios office. Push comes to shove, and before you know it the quick-witted kids have enlisted several of Wolf's employees in complicated pranks designed to skewer the oily exec (and dye him various colors in the process). Young Muniz and Bynes have done quality TV work, although director Shawn Levy hustles them through the scenery here. Neither hot nor cold, Big Fat Liar offers little one can't find elsewhere for less.
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- Big Fat Liar - Starring Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Kel Mitchell, Amanda Detmer, Isaiah Washington
- Amanda Bynes - Biography of Amanda Bynes, Star of TV's What I Like About You
- Paul Giamatti - Biography of Paul Giamatti, Star of American Splendor and Sideways
- Paul Giamatti - Biography of Paul Giamatti, Star of American Splendor and Sideways
- Amanda Bynes - Biography of Amanda Bynes, Star of TV's What I Like About You
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