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Summary: jim carry makes another brilliant movie
Review: Jim Carry is one of the greatest actors iv ever seen act this has to be his best movie he has made in his entire career. Its about time he made a drama movie.The director of this movie had came up with a brilliant and outstanding film if you like dramas and like Jim Carry you must see this movie.
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Summary: What the media will do for entertainment and ratings?
Review: What will the media do for entertainment and ratings? Very thought provoking yet simple plot which raises the question of human rights in an era of mass money generating soap operas.
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Summary: This movie was a little weird
Review: I didn't hate it or love it. It was just another movie I saw. If you know what I'm saying? This is the kind of movie they made weird because lots of Jim Careys movies are the kinds of movies where you don't like them or love them there just another movie. So they made this one weird so it would be differant. If you like movies that couldn't come true with out some one gettimg arrested (That aren't violent) then this is a movie for you.
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Summary: Well, I loved it
Review: I have a feeling that everyone except me thought that this wasa wonderful story, certainly more original than any film yet produced(like I said I loved it), but everyone later shoved Saving Private Ryan down my throat and later washed it down with Shakespeare In Love.Quit literally I vomited. It's a shame that the Academy is so predictable in their selections, even in the nominations. As soon as the "real best pictures" of 1998 came out, what is this "Truman Show?" Sounds too simple. Everyone saw the other films and shut down their minds, they left them to film critics and Miramax and the Academy and Veterans and women. Not to not sound p.c. or anything. Hell, they didn't.
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Summary: Great concept, so-so delivery
Review: I LOVED the idea of this movie. What a fantastic theme. Unfortunately, the plot itself was pretty weak. The ads for this movie say 'what will he do when he finds out?" He leaves. Takes him 30 seconds. Boy, that was a nail-biter. I think Weir relied too much on his setting and not enough on an actual script for this to be more than just an average movie. The acting was ok, except for the wife, who was absolutely horrible. Either her character was way to cardboard or her acting was. Whichever it was, she didn't make much sense. Still, the movie definately worth a look, if only for it's originality.
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Summary: Masterful look at the human social condition
Review: The Truman Show should have been 1998's Best Picture, but the so-called Academy had other ideas. Viewing this only recently, I was touched by the social commentary of the director and writer, and by the performances of Ed Harris, Jim Carrey, and Natascha McElhone. The music added so much to such a masterpiece, and without a doubt is some of the best I have ever heard. Peter Weir's direction is superb, and The Truman Show's well-written script deserves ultimate praise. It is rare that I see a truly outstanding motion picture, but this one certainly qualifies for a place in my exclusive DVD collection of all-time hits. The best part is, I would actually watch Truman and feel the same pity, hope, and joy as all his other viewers- I wish him luck in the real world.
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Summary: A masterpiece with a fatal flaw.
Review: Jim Carrey. Such is the fatal flaw of The Truman Show, an ambitious, visually stunning, intellectually advanced film that restores faith in major-studio product. I've heard both gushing adoration and invective-based indictment of this film, so I wished to make a clear-headed assessment. I loved the film but very much disliked the star that plays the central character of this character-based science-fiction allegory. I am well aware that Carrey was probably the reason that an anti-establishment piece like this got greenlit. Unfortunately, he was wrong for the role. The masterstroke thematic and narrative argument of this film is that a genuine, everyday person can be the emotional salvation of millions of robotic, brainwashed people around the world. By casting Carrey, who has not as single genuine bone in his whole acting technique, Peter Weir compromised Truman's humanity, upon which hangs his whole film. That aside, The Truman Show is a film of stunning craft -- from the Dagwitz/Glass score to Peter Biziou's amazing photography; from the flawless production design to Andrew Niccol's top-notch script; and the supporting players, led by a flaky Laura Linney (showing much comic ability) and the low-key, infallible Ed Harris. A brilliant touch casting Harris as a godhead -- when the facade of the God is ripped down, Harris' crushed reaction is brilliant. From a purely aesthetic viewpoint (film-industry practices aside), this film could've benefitted from a non-name star. As it stands, it remains a noble and worthy film, qualifying as one of the best of the last four or five years, if only based on its technical merits alone, and a truly challenging film.
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Summary: Should've Won Best Picture
Review: THE TRUMAN SHOW is a fine example of what brilliant and original movies are made of. It was very disappointing to me that this wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Jim Carrey makes an unbelieveable breakthrough performance. He is just as funny as he is breathtaking. Ed Harris also shines in a very, very fine performance. This is one of my favorite films of all time and I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: Intelligent film making can work ! ! !
Review: Proving that a summer blockbuster doesn't have to be big, brash and vacuous and wedged with a ton of eye stinging special effects - The Truman Show is one of the most entertaining movies to come out of Hollywood in a long while. Ed Harris delivers a career best performance well worth his Oscar nomination and Carrey proves that he can ACT. Fair enough, he shouldn't have won the Oscar but he turned in a better performance than Tom Hanks in Private Ryan. All the ensemble are brilliant as is the direction and screenplay which both should have bagged Oscars. This is one of the defining movies of the nineties.
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Summary: Quality flick
Review: This movie really makes you think. It's an oddly serious role for Jim Carey, but I think he pulls it off suprisingly well. It really made me ponder the truth of reality and my relationships. It's quality just for entertainment value as well.
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