The premise of the movie is that his son gets so frustrated by this he wishes his father could not tell a lie for 24 hours, and the movie is largely about the comical situational analysis of the character as the boy’s wish miraculously comes true and the lawyer must say exactly what his private narrator thinks. As such, the movie is a nice example of the private to public filter. Indeed, we all have experience with this, which can be noticed with the question, “What if everyone of your thoughts became public to everyone?” I don’t know anyone who doesn’t find that to be a somewhat troubling thought. The private to public filter is called the Rogerian filter because we generally filter to avoid injuring others in a way that will evoke problematic reactions and judgments.