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Summary: Just A Note...
Review: If you liked this movie and you're under the age of, say, 14, you'll also like the book Running Out Of Time, by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
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Summary: A very brilliant movie for one Jim Carrey
Review: This movie is a great movie and is the second best Carrey movie behind Dumb and Dumber but this is still quite a great album the story is that he is being recorded 24 hours a day on live TV and he lives in a different world and all the people on this place are all actors and all them.Then he found out what happened and was going to get on of it on live TV.Some brilliant serious acting by Jim Carrey strongly recommended
Acting 10 Story 10 Direction 10 Action 9 Entertainment 10
Overall=49/50 wich is 5 stars also recomended if you like this
Forest Gump and Cast Away also both classic movies.
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This is one of the greatest movies ever, mostly because of the brilliant script. It is pretty touching, creative, emotional and it really makes you think about how privilegded you are with your own privacy.
Christof tries, or better say he still did, to create a „perfect world" for Truman. A life, without any real emotions. But the movie shows that a life without any emotions, including sadness, fear or pain, could never exist.
But nevertheless, sometimes I was wondering, how realistic und plausible it seems. You begin to ask yourself what if this all happens to you!?
I think this movie is open to many interpretations, which is what makes it so interesting.
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Summary: A serious side to Jim Carrey? IT'S TRUE!
Review: This is about a man named Truman who lives his wholw life as a TV show. He deosn't know it. 24/7 is on air, and iunaware (as the box puts it).
This movie was pretty touching, and creative, pl;us, it really makes u think about how privielgded u r with privacy.
But I think it was a bit too serious, and could have and should have been one of those movies that doesnt take itself seriously.
But overall it's a great movie.
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Summary: Astounding film!
Review: I have never been a huge fan of Jim Carrey movies, so when The Truman Show came out, I quickly wrote it off as not one I was going to rush out to see. I shouldn't have. Fortunately, I got the chance to see it at a friend's house, and I can honestly say that it left me speechless and amazed at the brilliance of the film. First of all, Jim Carrey excells in this role. I find him to be a very funny man in real life, but his wacky roles in previous movies (Ace Ventura, Dumb & Dumber...you know them) don't appeal to me at all. BUT, in this role, he shows that he is way more than a go-to weirdo or funnyman. The emotion and the vulnerability he brings to the naive Truman Burbank only improves as the movie goes on. Watching this man crack as the only world he knows begins to slowly betray him and the intensity of his attempts to discover what else is beyond his hidden cage is moving in a way that few movies can convey successfully. This movie is more than just about watching Truman Burbank find out the truth of his televised life, but it is a stunning portrayal of humanity. Truman's world was created by Christof (the always wonderful Ed Harris) to be what is considered "perfection." Christof is like God in the Seahaven world. He makes every choice for the world, including the weather and even Truman's fears...but Christof cannot change the one thing that noone can manipulate--Truman's thoughts. Truman is given the perfect wife, a brotherly bestfriend, a steady job, and a life in a world that exists without pain, sadness, or evil. But the world is a cage. The movie shows that stability is not perfection, ignorance is not bliss, and a life without ALL emotions--including sadness, fear, and pain--could never exist. Even without knowing that he is trapped, Truman feels the need to escape his "perfect" life and to see what else there is beyond the utopia that is Seahaven Island. It is a perfect display of our quest for the unknown, unsatisfaction with just mundane existence, and our interest in what normality really is. When you watch this movie, you will become just like the viewers in the movie who are watching Truman. You will root for him, cry for him, and laugh with (or at) him. His is truly a reality show that I hope that never is created for real...but we ARE humans, so who knows how we'll try to play God next... P.S. The score to the movie is absolutely gorgeous.
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Summary: Its not Jim Carrey.
Review: I was really surprised when i saw that the average was 4.5 stars after 396 reviews. I didnt like this movie at all and im a big fan of JC but it wasnt JC the plot was somewhat interesting but besides that it was pretty boring.
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Summary: My favorite Jim Carrey movie
Review: Truman Burbank ( Jim Carrey) is a television star and he doesn't even know it. When he was a only a baby, he was adopted by a man named Cristof (Ed Harris). Cristof came up with the idea of the Truman Show. The show revolves solely around Truman himself, and the life that he leads. The city that he lives in is constructed specifically for the show, and everone in it is an actor playing a part. Even his wife ( Laura Linney), and best friend Marlon (Noah Emmerich). The world has been watching Truman since he was a baby, and it is the number one rated show in the country. But gradually Truman starts to realize what is going on... I am a huge fan of Jim Carrey. All of his movies have been entertaining from "The Mask" and "Dumb and Dumber", to his latest film "Bruce Almighty". However, the film that I enjoyed him the most in, concentrated less on the typical slapstick comedy that one has come to expect from a Jim Carrey film, and more on making you laugh through emotion and subtlety. The story itself is highly original and entertaining. The idea of one man being oblivious to the world aroud him is extremely funny. The fact that he is the center of a TV show only makes it funnier. All of the actors do an outstanding job. Of course Carrey steals the show with Truman. The transition from being naive, to a determined man is amazing. He plays both sides so well. Laura Linney is outstanding as his wife. She must put on the happy homemaker facade and pretend to love Truman. The funniest thing about the character is how she must constantly advertise products with everything that she does. Noah Emmerich is great as his best friend Marlon. Watching him try to convince Truman that it is just his mind playing tricks on him is hillarious. Even when a stage light falls from the sky, or it is sunny at 9:00 p.m., him and the rest of the actors try to convince Truman he is seeing things. Ed Harris does a nice job with Cristof considering the limited amount of screen time he had. It is also dissapointing as well. For such an important character, he has very little to do with the overall story. The rest of the actors in the film also do a great job as well. "The Truman Show" will make you laugh, and keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering if Truman will ever get out. The ending is very satisfying too. This is definately Carrey's best film. He and the rest of the cast does an amazing job, and really makes the film believeable. The DVD is somewhat dissapointing though. I would have loved to seen a making of featurette. Unfortunately, there is just the movie and the trailer. I have never been able to understand why movie studios feel that offering a trailer as a special feature is an added bonus. If you are going to watch the film, then why would you need to see a movie trailer? This is a must own, but go with the VHS!!
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Summary: Amazing Movie
Review: This is Jim Carry's best work, and a amazing movie. It will make you laugh, be suprised, happy, and sad. Buy it!
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Summary: Great examination of human environments
Review: I watched this movie because I am interested in cultural representations of suburbia in America. I did heavy research on such imagery and saw repeated references to The Truman Show. So I watched and I was stunned by how Truman's entire world was fabricated to create the "ideal" life, much like a suburban environment. The irony is, that the Truman Show was filmed at Seaside, a "new urbanist" development designed by architect Andres Duany, a critic of suburban design. New urbanism is supposedly a movement against the conformity and sprawling layout of traditional suburban development. Clearly, Truman's "new urbanist" environment is just as conforming and fabricated as suburbia (if not more so). In the Truman Show, the main character played by Jim Carey realizes exactly how controlled his environment is, and essentially loses it and tries to escape to the "real world." While the main plot focuses on the paranoia of having his life broadcasted worldwide, I was more fascinated with the representation of this "new urbanist" environment (which actually exists!) as a freakishly-controlled bubble or a design experiment. It's a great critique on new suburban, "progressive" design ideas.
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Summary: Warning: Might make you paranoid
Review: It's something we guard more often than anything: privacy. This along with your family is the most guarded thing you'll find, unless you're some nutcase who has to tell every single thing of their life for the fun of it. What if your most personal and traumatic moments were caught on tape for someone to see? What if the entire world saw? That's the basic concept of this film which might be prophetic in the near future. Truman Burbank leads a rather ordinary life: beautiful wife, normal home, good job, a caring best friend and a quiet town. Until strange things start to happen: spotlights fall from the sky, elevators that aren't elevators, and an even a strange encounter with his supposed deceased father. Slowly Truman starts to uncover the truth: his life is a fabrication, his friends and his wife actors and his town is a set and Truman's quest to break free and return to the only woman who actually loves him. Acting? Top notch. Jim Carrey does get a chance to act nuts but there's also drama and you can see he's more than a rather goofy actor. Ed Harris plays kind of a duel role: the creator of the show with Truman's best interests at heart but also an almost strict forcing(you'll see this at the end). But honors go to Laura Linney. She plays that nice suburban housewife so well: one of my favorite scenes is when Truman looks like he's having a nervous breakdown and she has a sympathizing expression then she turns right around and does an obvious product placement ad. Versatile woman Sadly the only thing people really talked about in this movie was Jim Carrey's breaks into drama but this could make you paranoid as well: what if Big Brother and the world as well is watching?
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