Would I Lie to You? (2005)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Too much of everything

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

A certainly low budget film, but flat-out hilarious in spots. Using Oscar Wilde's silly farce as a mere jumping-off point, once the somewhat labored set-up is through, the film crackles along with outrageously silly set-pieces, especially the one featuring a horny llama. The actors are very good, doing a sort of heightened "old-Hollywood" over the top delivery. Samaire Armstrong (from Dirty Sexy Money and Entourage) is amazing. Jonathan Penner is deliciously creepy. Brad Rowe has a wicked mustache. Susan Ward is gorgeous and very cute. Kenny Banya from Seinfeld is in it, and he's very funny. If you're looking for highbrow, this ain't it. If you want to watch a really stupid, fun comedy - sort of a low budget version of Farrely Bros. stuff, then go for it.

Mostly tiresome entry in the Brad Rowe cannon that includes such films as "Getting Hal", "Body Shots" and "Stonebrook". Never heard of those? Consider yourself lucky. He does nothing with the role of Paul, except make you wish someone else was playing the character."Would I Lie to You?" features the charms of Susan Ward ("Wild Things II") as Olivia, but otherwise this modernization of the classic "The Importance of Being Earnest" is mostly forgettable. This version was done the same year as the bloated and boring Oliver Parker directed film and also misses the target, but on a much lower budget. Oscar Wilde fans are still best advised to stay with the 1952 version starring Michael Redgrave.

Brad Rowe! Susan Ward! Samaire Armstrong! A great indie cast puts in truly funny performances in this sparkling and fresh romantic comedy. The film manages to be both cynical and hopeful in its outlook on love, and straddles a fine line of highbrow and lowbrow humor pretty successfully. Susan Ward, the bad girl with a heart of stone from "The In Crowd" makes a 180 degree turn here from her previous tough chick roles, and she is just great as a slightly neurotic, insecure but lovable beauty. I never would have expected this type of character from her, but she's fantastic. Brad Rowe is a charming dweeb, and his character's insecurity works. Samaire Armstrong finally gets a leading role, and it's her best performance ever! She's probably got the most complex role in the film (I won't spoil the surprise), and plays the varying levels of her character to perfection. Jonathan Penner (loved him in "The Last Supper" with Cameron Diaz) comes on with a vengeance as a classic dirt bag. There is a definite Woody Allen style to this film, with much swift funny dialog and smart, unobtrusive direction that never gets in the way of the film's main asset, the performances.

Stephanie Beacham is the best thing in this movie, hands down, but you've got to hand it to a cast that can hold their own acting with her. She is a supreme goddess, and one of the most underrated actresses around. This is the first time I think I've ever seen her do comedy, and she does not disappoint as the always gorgeous Susan Ward's meddling mother. Her misinterpreting of a Japanese businessman's advances are priceless. Overall, I give this film high marks for making me laugh repeatedly. I find that happening less and less these days when I watch "comedies." There are a lot of good people in the cast. There's kind of an old fashioned screwball feel to the proceedings, and it even had a wonderful original (I think) score that reminded me a bit of Henry Mancini's work for Blake Edwards. I appreciate a romantic comedy that doesn't cram all kinds of pop songs in and just lets the music augment the action on the screen. I have but one complaint -- why isn't Stephanie Beacham listed on the front of the DVD??? Shame on the filmmakers/distributors for not advertising her front and center! On the other hand, I say "Bravo" to the filmmakers for casting her in a great role. She is a total delight in a fun new spin on an Oscar Wilde classic.