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Summary: Jim Carrey Makes it Magic !
Review: Sure I liked Jim Carrey in all the silly roles, but this is really something different. You won't think of him as "Jim Carrey the Goofball", yet the sparkle is still in his eyes. By far a brilliant pick for the star role in this wonderful film that will (excuse the cliche') make you laugh and cry at the same time, and walk out of the theater feeling happy and triumphant. As I have read several times in the other reviews, see it once, then see it again, believe me, you missed a lot the first time.
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Summary: Excellent! A great showing of the human existence.
Review: I really loved this movie, it was new and a breath of fresh air in the world of Jim Carey! I was amazed and astounded that he can act superbly if he wants to. The plot was terrific and truly made one think a bout life and the way we live.
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: One walks into the theater expecting a laugh-fest. One walks back out and spends the next several weeks looking for hidden cameras. This is truly one of the more interesting and fascinating movies to hit the big screen in a good long time. The script is superb, the acting and directing unbelievable. Jim Carrey's performance was truly astounding, proving once and for all that, yes, he can indeed act. The subject matter is also particularly fitting in this age of technology. If nothing else, this film will really get you thinking about just how private your private life really is.
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Summary: A creative, original, and profound cinematic masterpiece.
Review: One of my favorite films. Jim Carrey breaks away from his popular physical comedy routine to present us with a deep and impressively unique performance. His good-hearted character, Truman Burbank, slowly becomes aware that his so-called life is a big television show. Each actor was perfect for their role in this terrific story that can keep you on the edge of your seat but also really make you think. With an extraordinarily intriguing style of filmmaking that just pulls you in (just as it did in theaters with this letterbox edition, shown the way the filmmakers meant it to be). Positively the best soundtrack with the excellent score composed by Burkhard Dallwitz and material by Philip Glass just tops it all off. It's a really wonderful movie.
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Summary: Best Film of 1998 - Criminally jipped by the Academy
Review: OK, I must admit that I lost my faith in the Academy when I found out that *The Night of The Hunter* (one of the best films ever, in my humble opinion) was not nominated for a single Oscar (not even for Robert Mitchum's towering performance). But I expected that they had changed a bit in recent years and try at least to erase past mistakes like outrageously choosing *Kramer Vs. Kramer* over *Apocalypse Now*. Unfortunately, they have retreated into their idiotic standing, which is the only possible explanation for snubbing a masterpiece like *The Truman Show*.I have seen all of the films nominated for Best Picture and what I can positively say is that *The Truman Show* stands head and shoulders over any of them. *Elizabeth* was one of the drippiest biopics I've ever seen, saved only by Cate Blanchett's performance, which managed to instill some degree of life into a woman who became iconic by no reason I can fathom. *Life Is Beautiful* is a well constructed film, but it lacks the intelligence, the deeply complex emotional impact of *The Truman Show*. *Saving Private Ryan* was the most over-hyped film of the decade, with a screenplay so clichéd and soporipherous that it should be an embarrassment to Frank Darabont (*The Shawshank Redemption*) and his co-writers; the first twenty minutes were faultless film-making, the rest of the film was a boring and over-long meander with predictable characters and screechy Tom Hanks to boot. *Shakespeare In Love* was often acutely funny, but its overwrought fluff-a-thon of a storyline combined with Gwyneth Platrow's one-note performance (I can't believe she was even *nominated* for Best Actress - Cate Blanchett, Emily Watson and Fernanda Montenegro were all a bazillion times better than her - let's face facts, she only got it because she was the only Hollywood actress of the lot, her father is a producer and her mother an actress; need I say more?) does nothing to raise it above predictability. And finally, *The Thin Red Line* was a wonderful film, probably the best of them, and will be remembered in the future as the thinking person's war movie, but although it is immensely lyrical and deeply intelligent, it lacks the envolvment that *The Truman Show* crafted so magnificiently. But *The Truman Show*'s merits are not merely being better than any other nominated film. What this film does is to create a narrative structure so multilayered that you have material to feed endless discussions on topics as wide as indivudual freedom, the inescapable voyeuristic undertones of art, the very *reality* of the world we are presented with. The best art creates a world while reflecting our own, but *The Truman Show* goes beyond that, reflecting our world in a world-inside-a-world. In Truman's world we can see a mirror-image of the worlds we create for ourselves, or the realities that we accept in the pursuit of a bland happiness. Or, for instance, notice the way in which the limited free choice of the human species is suggested when Cristoph says that maybe Truman is happier in his 'cell', a theme that is recurrent in philosophy, most notably in Spinoza's works. But there is more to this think-buster that its outstanding script. There is the wonderful (and unexpected) performance by Jim Carrey, who fleshes Truman so competently that he becomes a poignantly real human being, at one time daring and vulnerable (why he was not even nominated for an Oscar I cannot possibly conceive). Ed Harris' Cristoph is an astonishing God/father figure, perfectly rounded from minute one. I would say more, but taking in account that the word limit is 1,000 words, it will suffice to add that, as well as being shamefully snubbed by the Academy, this masterpiece has also been shamefully mistreated by its DVD releaser, who provided it with a few treadbare extras. With this said, DO WATCH IT!
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Summary: The Truman Show: Carrey's breakthrough. A role of a lifetime
Review: The Truman Show was an emotionally involving and powerfully written study, examining our sociological perceptions of artistic endeavor, an individual's right to privacy and entertainment value. Startlingly original and perfectly cast, this beautifully directed (by Peter Weir) and smartly scripted (by Andrew Niccol) film serves as both a modern fable and a timely cautionary tale. In an age where live action television dramas and outrageous talk shows invite us to turn our lives and the lives of our friends and neighbors into entertainment, Truman shows us that life was never meant to be a 'spectator sport'. Carrey gives a brave, heartfelt turn as a man who comes to discover that his entire life has been lived in a cage. Ed Harris gives a daring performance as Truman's producer/director/creator... and ultimately his jailer. From the film's opening moments you'll be both captivated by one of the freshest movie events of the decade and compelled to discover the answer to life's most profound question... "How's it going to end?".
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Summary: A Very Nice Movie From Jim Carrey
Review: In this film they bring drama and comedy to viewers.They combined these genres very good.
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Summary: Excellent. Beautifully honest and genuine.
Review: This movie is a beautiful piece of art. Jim Carrey's acting is wonderful. No pretension, no overacting (even though we love that about Jim! ;)), no cornball sentimental scenes/lines. It is a simple story that affects everyone in one way or another. Truman is simply trying to break free from the hindrances of the lies of his life. Everyone can relate to that feeling of being held down, maybe by some unknown force, or maybe by a domination power. Truman's attempts to break free and find the truth almost brings me to tears. He is struggling so hard yet, he falls short of his goal many times. In a way, Truman's story is cruel. To trap someone, unknowingly, to lie to them, to keep them as if they were a pet to own or an object to look at and use is heartbreaking to me. Jim Carrey's performance is just spectacular and I still do not understand why he, and the movie for that matter, was not nominated for an Oscar, much less a Golden Globe. Buy this movie. You will not regret it.
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Summary: comedy
Review: this is the best comedy movie i have seen of jim carrey. good work. best of luck in the future jim.
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Summary: Entertaining new plot.
Review: The Truman Show, Jim Carrey: New plot to a story. Very good, well done. Plot was good,different. However they could have been much deeper in the delivery than they were. Never the less found it to be different and entertaining.
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