Honesty In The Film The Invention Of Lying

The directors Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, of the film The Invention of Lying suggest that honesty is not always the best policy.

Gervais and Robinson support their suggestion by creating a society that has only relied on telling the truth and nothing but it. In this world, the superficial truth is told over and over, where one man, Mark, is told of people’s true feelings more often because of his size. Mark is facing several obstacles during this time, such as his mother dying and losing his job, causing him to be behind on rent. To fix his rent situation, he heads to the bank to collect what little money he has when he realizes the people in his society believe that everyone is telling the truth. With this in mind, Mark tells