Um Vampiro Mentiroso

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.

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.

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.

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.

A cute movie, with interesting plot & great actors!