The whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his best friend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol (screenwriter for Gattaca) imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional... honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris, but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. -- Marshall Fine, Amazon.com [show more]
After being nagged by my sister to get hold of the DVD of Jim Carrey flick The Truman Show, I finally managed to get round to contacting one of my friends who I knew to own the disc. When I started watching I thought this would be the same kind of face-pulling Carey antics seen throughout Mask-Grinch-like films. I now realise this is now not something to be expected off Mr. Carrey (I made the same presumption before with "Eternal Sunshine..." a few weeks ago) as this is now twice he has surprised me. True, he is cheesy, exaggerated and jumpy to the point of obnoxiousness, but the material he"s working with is of so high calibre I could hardly believe it. I also have a habit of checking to see what my favoured film reviewing publication (Radio Times) had given it stars wise, and was equally surprised when I saw all five stars shaded in. So, I carried on watching, expecting great things. What I saw was extraordinarily great. And what"s greater still is that this film, released in 1998, was pre-Big Brother era. The idea of watching a man"s life as a TV show, seeing how they behave through everyday activities was stunningly simple yet brilliantly handled. One side eerie, the other sentimental, this is a movie everyone must see. And I really don"t find myself saying that very often about something featuring Mr J C.
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