Talkie Zoo: THE INVENTION OF LYING

This is really a hilarious movie. The premise of The Invention of Lying (2009; PG-13) is that no one in the world has ever lied about anything. In fact, they tend to be brutally honest in every respect. Then comes along Mark Bellison, a somewhat ordinary man who is doing less than spectacular screen writing for apparently the only television/movie company on the earth. They produce only documentaries about history, and his assignment was The Dark Ages including the Plague. This rather gruesome and sad time in history got him fired from his job.

Since he was fired, he couldn't pay his rent or even afford furnace filters, and was about to be evicted from his apartment. Needing money to move with, he goes to his bank to close his $300 account. The computer system is down so the teller asks him how much is in the account. He hesitates then tells her $800, which was the amount he needed to stay in his home. The system comes back up and the teller says it only shows $300. She attributes that number to a glitch and forks over $800! No one lies and they don't even have a word in the language for lying, so she just takes his word for it.

As he goes along, he finds other ways to lie about his life or even history, getting away with it every time and ultimately becoming a huge success except for one thing -- the girl he really loves is out of reach for him because he isn't handsome enough or smart enough for her.

Follow him as he loves her from afar and competes with another man for her affections, doing so honestly.