The Invention of Lying (2009): review: 5.5/10

 *

A screenwriter discovers the possibility of lying, and as a consequence gets money from a bank, seduces beautiful women, improves his career and then persuades the broader public of the existence of God, the afterlife, Heaven and Hell.

Sometimes funny, if occasionally needlessly puerile, it has too few ideas for its length.

*

Cemetery Junction (2010): review: 7.5/10

In a small town in 70s England, a young man attempts to advance himself in insurance sales, attempting to rejecting the culture of his group of friends.

Amiable black comedy which reveals much about the English distrust of strivers.