A viable idea: an inveterate prevaricator is compelled, because his moptop son wishes it on five birthday candles, to tell the truth for twenty-four hours. But the performance of Jim (One-Gear) Carrey is so muscle-strainingly, vein-bulgingly exaggerated it's as if he's explaining the idea to kindergartners. Which in a way is appropriate, since the mushy "point" of the movie is the supreme importance of being a Good Dad. With Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe; directed by Tom Shadyac. (1997) — Duncan Shepherd
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