Groundhog Day vs The Invention of Lying

Groundhog Day has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.2/10 for The Invention of Lying). The Invention of Lying is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Groundhog Day is the older of the two (1993 against 2009). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Groundhog Day posterGroundhog Day1993 VS The Invention of Lying posterThe Invention of Lying2009
Groundhog DayThe Invention of Lying
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.2/10
Year19932009
Length1h 41m1h 40m
GenresComedy, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceComedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country––
DirectorHarold RamisMatthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
Main castKen Hudson Campbell, Bill Murray, Rick Ducommun, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chris ElliottRob Lowe, Jimmi Simpson, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Synopsis

Groundhog Day

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

The Invention of Lying

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

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