Somebody should do a remake of "The Invention of Lying" real soon. What is here is a great idea for a comedy. Yet with this end result the concept is much more brave than the screenplay execution which reaches its peak early and never ups the stakes. The movie is the invention, err creation, of Ricky Gervais who also stars. Gervais is a sweet, shy fellow as Mark Bellison who to his detriment is spineless. Jennifer Garner is the unattainable, err hard to attain, love object in his life. Character arc dictates that Bellison must become less spineless to attain the things in life he wants.