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The Invention of Lying; Zombieland

Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise: it's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie: The Invention of Lying... Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes...

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By Joe Morgenstern • Oct 3, 2009 • 3m Listen

Nobody doesn't like Ricky Gervais, and his new comedy soars for a while on the wings of a clever premise. It's set in a world where everyone tells the truth. In the spirit of that world, I cannot tell a lie. The Invention of Lying...

Zombieland teems with wild-eyed chewers and spewers. They're only lurid wallpaper, though, in an improbably delicious comedy about a quartet of human survivors crossing an America that's been taken over by ravenous hordes...

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