This film manages to deliver a big lesson for it's audience, that lesson delivering to a great impact that leaves a mark for sure. The film has an interesting plot. A boy moves to this new town, and usually doesn't fit in. Finding his chance to finally win over what he's always wanted - to fit in, he resorts to faking, he must, now, do what it takes to keep it that way. I felt as if the lesson, overall that ties in with the plot was powerful, a well lesson to deliver. The film manages to deliver said lesson in a fun, unique way that surely entertains the audience. I personally thought this film would be just another Nickelodeon trash film, but was wrong, pleasantly surprised. The film, as it continues manages to win the audience over with charming characters, who of which's actors deliver smooth, and succeed in strong emphasis toward their characters. The film's moral, or lesson, once again, delivered strongly. But at the same time in a fun, clean way. This film was watched out of boredom. And it surprised me. I'd recommend this whenever it pops up again. It's entertaining, and has a nice charm. It has succeeded in it's moral, and over all sense of uniqueness!
12 Reviews
Well, it could have been worse...
paul_haakonsen10 February 2020
I had not heard about this 2015 movie from writer Adrian Vina and director Vince Marcello before now in 2020 when I was given the chance to sit down and watch it.
As the movie was labeled as a comedy, I decided to sit down and watch it, and also because I hadn't seen it before. And now that I have finished the movie, I must say that the movie is watchable, sure, but hardly an overly enjoyable movie. Sure, it was a pseudo-fun approach as a spoof on "Twilight", but the movie just wasn't crammed with enough pranks, jokes and general fun to have me entertained. Plus, the fact that it was a Nickelodeon movie, meant that it was aimed at a somewhat younger audience.
I will say that the acting performances in the movie were actually quite good. Sure, the characters and the script was a bit off for my age, but I will say that the actors and actresses did actually fare quite well.
All in all, "Liar, Liar, Vampire" scores a five out of ten stars rating from me. I am sure that there is a larger audience out there for this type of movie. I just wasn't really in the target audience.
As the movie was labeled as a comedy, I decided to sit down and watch it, and also because I hadn't seen it before. And now that I have finished the movie, I must say that the movie is watchable, sure, but hardly an overly enjoyable movie. Sure, it was a pseudo-fun approach as a spoof on "Twilight", but the movie just wasn't crammed with enough pranks, jokes and general fun to have me entertained. Plus, the fact that it was a Nickelodeon movie, meant that it was aimed at a somewhat younger audience.
I will say that the acting performances in the movie were actually quite good. Sure, the characters and the script was a bit off for my age, but I will say that the actors and actresses did actually fare quite well.
All in all, "Liar, Liar, Vampire" scores a five out of ten stars rating from me. I am sure that there is a larger audience out there for this type of movie. I just wasn't really in the target audience.
The New Kid on the Block Just Trying to Fit In
Uriah433 December 2021
Due to his mother's career occupation a teenager by the name of "Davis Pell" (Rahart Adams) finds himself constantly moving locations and having to attend new schools as a consequence. So it becomes a matter of course when he is uprooted from Australia and has to enroll in a new high school in America. Naturally, since this is a new school, he wonders whether he will be able to fit in with the rest of the students there. Surprisingly, when the most popular girl in school, "Caitlyn Crisp" (Tiera Skovbe) immediately becomes attracted to him because she thinks he's a vampire, he immediately becomes quite popular as well. Having accepted this role somewhat reluctantly, he now has to figure out ways to keep up the charade and for that reason he turns to his next-door-neighbor "Vi" (Brec Bassinger) for advice. What he doesn't realize, however, is that there is one student by the name of "Bon" (Ty Wood) who is not at all happy with the new kid on the block stealing Caitlyn's time and attention away from him and he is prepared to do whatever it takes to put Davis back in his place. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a cute family movie that contained a couple of laughs here and there and also managed to pass the time fairly well. Admittedly, the plot was fairly predictable and it was a rather short film (only 69 minutes) as well. But even so, I enjoyed this movie for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
silly Nickelodeon flick
SnoopyStyle8 June 2022
Davis Pell (Rahart Adams) is the new kid in school. His mom's work keeps moving them around the world. His neighbor and Twilight fan Vi (Brec Bassinger) sees right through his dorkiness. School reporter Caitlyn Crisp (Tiera Skovbye) is the queen bee. She needs something fresh for her reports. After a mirror confusion and a few other incidents, she makes the assumption that he's a vampire. With Vi's help and Caitlyn's reports, he makes the whole school believe.
It's a silly little Nickelodeon flick. It's cute. It's interesting to see early Stargirl although she may be playing the same age for a decade. That's fine. Many actors have done the same. The role does scream for a nerdy bespectacled ugly duckling. It's a perfect opportunity for a makeover transformation scene but cutie Brec Bassinger never needed that in this one. The concept is fun enough for the first half but it eventually runs out of steam. The whole class is too stupid. Vi is smart but the rest are too eager to buy into the idea. This is fine for a silly teen TV movie.
It's a silly little Nickelodeon flick. It's cute. It's interesting to see early Stargirl although she may be playing the same age for a decade. That's fine. Many actors have done the same. The role does scream for a nerdy bespectacled ugly duckling. It's a perfect opportunity for a makeover transformation scene but cutie Brec Bassinger never needed that in this one. The concept is fun enough for the first half but it eventually runs out of steam. The whole class is too stupid. Vi is smart but the rest are too eager to buy into the idea. This is fine for a silly teen TV movie.
Not worth your time
lmcpherron25 October 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I am a huge fan of Rahart Adams which was my main reason for watching this movie. To call it sub-par would be inaccurate, it was truly awful. Spoiler: a romance appears between the movie's 2 main characters. This romance followed the basic "friends-turn-relationship" guidelines but was both cheesy and unsatisfying. There is a major flaw in the main character Davis. He begins as "dork" of sorts but seems to lose nearly all of his "dorkiness" in a moment's notice without any valid reason. As for the other characters all but Caitlyn seem to be reasonably believable. The theme the movie attempts to convey is to be yourself. However, the movies fails to develop the main character far enough to show his acceptance of himself. In fact, the last sequences of the movie show nearly the entire school as being phony. I was terribly disappointed with this film and will not be watching it again.
Kind of cute ...
patrikbjrk13 April 2021
I guess I'm way older than this ones intended audience, and thus I didn't really expect much from it. But ...
The story isn't very deep even if I suppose many kids in their early teens can recognize the wish to be popular and the fear of being revealed as not as cool as they managed to make others believe they are. To the rest of us it's silly. Even a bit stupid, but with some sugar on top. Truckloads of sugar actually.
Despite this, and despite Liar, Liar, Vampire being predictable and cliché it has something. I didn't expect to like it but I did. In all it's silliness it is quite fun.
Acting is good. Not just the leads, but the supporting cast too. Silly but fun.
If you are young at heart (or just a bit childish) you might enjoy Liar, Liar, Vampire as much as I did.
The story isn't very deep even if I suppose many kids in their early teens can recognize the wish to be popular and the fear of being revealed as not as cool as they managed to make others believe they are. To the rest of us it's silly. Even a bit stupid, but with some sugar on top. Truckloads of sugar actually.
Despite this, and despite Liar, Liar, Vampire being predictable and cliché it has something. I didn't expect to like it but I did. In all it's silliness it is quite fun.
Acting is good. Not just the leads, but the supporting cast too. Silly but fun.
If you are young at heart (or just a bit childish) you might enjoy Liar, Liar, Vampire as much as I did.
The big lesson? Kids are stupid!
statmanjeff8 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Sometimes, for whatever reasons, a movie comes along so dumbed down that it bares no resemblance to any kind of reality. Such is the case for "Liar, Liar, Vampire," in which a bunch of stupid high school girls (and I do mean low intelligence, lack of common sense, self-centered, short-sighted and vapid vixens - all enamored of the "Twilight" book and film series) purport themselves as a bunch of necrophiliac wannabes when they mistake new-kid-in-town Davis Pell ("pelvis?") for a vampire. Smarter-than-others neighbor girl Vi - a malcontent and potential anarchist - decides to help Davis feed into the student body mass insanity by giving him vampire lessons to continue duping their shallow classmates and (somehow) disrupt the current social order by Davis becoming popular. Stereotypical dumb-as-bricks football jocks (cliches all around) retaliate by hiring a clearly pretentious nincompoop vampire hunter to kill Davis. As Davis' ruse becomes known, he turns from school celebrity to pariah, with the lead vapid girl developing a cyber bullying campaign against him to boost her own Internet popularity. A side character named Ashton suddenly develops a bit of a brain (for no reason other than needs of the plot) to support Davis in bringing down the school's queen bee via a public humiliation. (Supposedly, public humiliations are what kids do and respect.)
With the statement that teenagers don't KNOW themselves in order to BE themselves, the film presents a lead character operating at the whims of other, with no functioning moral or ethical compass of his own - wearing an embarrassingly ugly and far undersized sweater at his mom's insistence, following the student body's hunger for a vampire in their midst, blindly becoming a willing tool of a neighbor for social disorder (who remains untouched by the consequences), then following directives from a known enemy classmate to bring about a public humiliation.
For a film whose best aim seems to be in simply presenting something to mesmerize toddlers, the only lesson to be gleaned from all this is that teenagers (or fans of the Twilight series) are stupid, grossly stupid, stupid to the core, only capable of a collective mentality and, yes again, stupid. (As a possible only other lesson would be that having a fantasy life can give you mad martial art skills, as demonstrated by the lead character's nearly schizophrenic imaginary ninja battles, which by the film's end appear to grant him fully developed martial art skills.)
Cast doesn't look bad but would like to judge their abilities on working from a script that has SOME meat on its bones.
With the statement that teenagers don't KNOW themselves in order to BE themselves, the film presents a lead character operating at the whims of other, with no functioning moral or ethical compass of his own - wearing an embarrassingly ugly and far undersized sweater at his mom's insistence, following the student body's hunger for a vampire in their midst, blindly becoming a willing tool of a neighbor for social disorder (who remains untouched by the consequences), then following directives from a known enemy classmate to bring about a public humiliation.
For a film whose best aim seems to be in simply presenting something to mesmerize toddlers, the only lesson to be gleaned from all this is that teenagers (or fans of the Twilight series) are stupid, grossly stupid, stupid to the core, only capable of a collective mentality and, yes again, stupid. (As a possible only other lesson would be that having a fantasy life can give you mad martial art skills, as demonstrated by the lead character's nearly schizophrenic imaginary ninja battles, which by the film's end appear to grant him fully developed martial art skills.)
Cast doesn't look bad but would like to judge their abilities on working from a script that has SOME meat on its bones.
Underrated Gem!
galaxymoncho30 August 2022
Ppl who don't get or hate this movie are probably not the target audience. Or think too highly of themselves. Sometimes ppl only see what they want to see.
What sells this comedy is that it doesn't take itself too seriously; it accepts its role as a frivolous parody of Twilight and similar melodramas and just has fun with it. Adams is excellent as the naïve Davis, who by virtue of some fortuitous food aversions and a timely encounter with body glitter sets the rumor mill in motion about his true identity. Given his social awkwardness, it's hard to blame him for riding the popularity wave at the expense of others' feelings, but it is good to see him step up and do the right thing in the end.
LIAR, LIAR, VAMPIRE is silly and self-effacing, but it does well to illustrate the importance of being yourself and surrounding yourself with people who appreciate the real you. Davis is influenced by his sudden popularity to become someone else just to maintain it, but he learns that that doesn't bring happiness, and Vi finds that there's value in peer relationships with the right people. Even Caitlyn changes for the better, giving tweens three examples of characters choosing integrity over status.
Someone asked if teens can be that stupid? Yes! It's called peer pressure and mob mentality. Most ppl are sheep whether you believe it or not. I love how short, sweet and simple the movie is and not overly complicated for a kids movie.
I esp like the fact that they don't divulge everything. They make you think. Like how Davis and his mom move around a lot but they never reveal her profession. Or how every time they move she gifts him a kaleidoscope. I believe that she may be some kind of scientist or agent for the supernatural and the kaleidoscopes are actually a useful tool in spotting supernatural beings like vampires.
What sells this comedy is that it doesn't take itself too seriously; it accepts its role as a frivolous parody of Twilight and similar melodramas and just has fun with it. Adams is excellent as the naïve Davis, who by virtue of some fortuitous food aversions and a timely encounter with body glitter sets the rumor mill in motion about his true identity. Given his social awkwardness, it's hard to blame him for riding the popularity wave at the expense of others' feelings, but it is good to see him step up and do the right thing in the end.
LIAR, LIAR, VAMPIRE is silly and self-effacing, but it does well to illustrate the importance of being yourself and surrounding yourself with people who appreciate the real you. Davis is influenced by his sudden popularity to become someone else just to maintain it, but he learns that that doesn't bring happiness, and Vi finds that there's value in peer relationships with the right people. Even Caitlyn changes for the better, giving tweens three examples of characters choosing integrity over status.
Someone asked if teens can be that stupid? Yes! It's called peer pressure and mob mentality. Most ppl are sheep whether you believe it or not. I love how short, sweet and simple the movie is and not overly complicated for a kids movie.
I esp like the fact that they don't divulge everything. They make you think. Like how Davis and his mom move around a lot but they never reveal her profession. Or how every time they move she gifts him a kaleidoscope. I believe that she may be some kind of scientist or agent for the supernatural and the kaleidoscopes are actually a useful tool in spotting supernatural beings like vampires.
A Poor Teenage Film
RECB33 March 2024
The crew failed in creating this teenage film. Everything about it was not right. The crew did not add enough effort nor strength in creating this teenage film. The storyline of this teenage film did not make any sense at all. It did not go anywhere. There was not any direction. The cast selection could have been a lot better. They did not exactly fully commit nor connect to the storyline nor to their respective characters. There was not any sign of chemistry between the cast members. This teenage film was that bad that it should not have been created. It was not sending any good messages to viewers. The crew missed an opportunity.
Great!
AnnaPagrati30 August 2021
Ok but missed a trick
watf-7114428 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This film has some good messages, but I think it missed a trick by not having one member of the cast being a vampire. I think it would have been more fun if the last scene outed one person to the audiance. Saying that maybe that may have been a bit scary for younger children.
I liked it!
brookenichole-9805417 October 2021
Liar, Liar, Vampire is a fun Nickelodeon film! The acting is great and feels genuine. Rahart is fantastic as the lead along with Brec Bassinger. I enjoyed their chemistry. Yes, the movie is goofy at moments, but it just makes the movie better! I loved how they played off of Twilight yet made it their own.
A great movie!
A great movie!
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