---
title: 'Liar Liar (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Shadyac'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
certification: 'PG-13'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/liar-liar-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119528/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Liar Liar (1997)

1997 · PG-13 · 83 min · United States


## Synopsis

Liar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. It stars Jim Carrey as a lawyer is cursed to speak only the truth for a day. He struggles to maintain his career and to reconcile with his ex-wife and son whom he alienated with his pathological lying. It was the second of three collaborations between Carrey and Shadyac, after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and before Bruce Almighty (2003).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Shadyac](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-shadyac)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Debney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-debney)
- **Producer:** [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-boyd)
- **Editor:** [Don Zimmerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-zimmerman)

## Cast

- [Swoosie Kurtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/swoosie-kurtz)
- [Justin Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-cooper)
- [Jason Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-bernard)
- [Amanda Donohoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-donohoe)
- [Cary Elwes](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-elwes)
- [Sara Paxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-paxton)
- [Christopher Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-mayer)
- [Don Keefer](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-keefer)
- [Marianne Muellerleile](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-muellerleile)
- [Maura Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/maura-tierney)
- [Ben Lemon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lemon)
- [Jim Carrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-carrey)
- [Anne Haney](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-haney)
- [Mitchell Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-ryan)
- [Jarrad Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarrad-paul)

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