Liar+Liar

Truth and lies are very important in this movie. A little boy makes a wish that his dad, a lawyer played by Jim Carrey, will always tell the truth. This leads to chaos in the man’s career,love life and friendships.

Near the end of the movie, as thingsstart to finally go right, Carrey yells: ‘And the truth shall set you

This is actually a quote fromfree...’ the Bible (John 8:32). What are your thoughts about what this might mean, in the film and the Bible ?

When you lie you become trapped behind the lie and have to keep lying so no one finds out. When you tell the truth you are set free.

might we be asked to tell “the truth, the // whole truth and nothing but //   the truth” in court?

If we were not asked this we could tell parts of the truth and not the entire story. We would also be able to lie and change the story.