Other mistake: When Mark and Greg exit the casino holding buckets of chips they won, Greg holds one of his buckets at an angle at which all chips should fall off. This is obviously a prop.
The Invention of Lying (2009)
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Directed by: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K.
Visible crew/equipment: The crew is reflected on the motorcycle-cop helmet when Mark says "He is not drunk".
Anna McDoogles: I was just masturbating.
Mark Bellison: That... Makes me think of your vagina.
Question: I know everybody tells the truth, but why does everyone say what they are thinking? If you don't say what you are thinking it doesn't mean you are lying.
Answer: It seems like in this world, people are not just incapable of lying, they also have no concept whatsoever of keeping things to themselves, and secrecy. Therefore, everyone says what they're thinking without the slightest hesitation.
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Answer: It's an imaginary world with its own logic. You could theorize that people were raised this way. Also, you could imagine that since they have to say bad things to answer most questions, why not say bad things all the time, i.e. if your wife asks if you like her dress, you have to say you hate it, so why wait to be asked.Really, the film makers did it because it's funny. If you made a movie where people only spoke when they had something nice to say, it would be very boring.
Myridon