I finally got around to seeing "The Invention of Lying" tonight (Thanks, Netflix, for delaying its availability four weeks after its regular home video release date).

The film isn’t as hilarious as you might expect from writer/director/star Ricky Gervais, the man behind the British version of "The Office" and the HBO series, "Extras." Still, “The Invention of Lying” has quite the intriguing premise: Gervais plays a man who can lie in a world where everyone else can only speak the truth, no matter how harsh.

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