The Truman Show

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Summary: A good movie
Review: This is the best Jim Carry movie yet

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Summary: Comes oh so close to making a profound social commentary
Review: Perhaps we can triangulate between The Truman Show, Pleasantville, and The Matrix and get the movie that truly captures the age we live in. As moviegoers and as a society, we are searching for utopic transcendence, or at least the hope that it still exists. We want the life we've been promised, and if we can't have it, we settle for voyeuristic experiences of it. The Truman Show reveals our collective desires of living an idealized life, one which we are willing to give up individual autonomy to achieve. What is important to understand about The Truman Show and Pleasantville, is that we all think we want that life and our hegemonic culture industries are confecting it for us. The New World Order is in a Disney mode.

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Summary: A THOUGHT-PROVOKING PARABLE!
Review: Since most of the viewers comments that I've read are positive, it does make me wonder how there could be anyone who rated this movie only one star! Even the famous critic Leonard Maltin thinks the old Twilight Zone was "better". I admit, I am an old Twilight Zone fan, and this movie did remind me of it, but the big difference here was in "Truman's" world there was no mysticism, just a chilling look at how a person's life, if starting at birth, could be so totally manipulated by "well meaning" people. Slavery was abolished in Abe Lincoln's day, yet we see in this film a young man being "owned" by a studio, with people scurrying here and there, ready to grab off the scene anyone who might reveal the truth and thereby ruin the revenues of this commercialized society. As a non-Mormon living in Utah, this movie screamed at me the "reality" of the Mormon church. Just as Truman accepted without question (for a time) the "truth" of his actually false world, I see otherwise highly intelligent people every day who "know" that the Mormon "Church is true," because it has been presented to them as truth since the beginning of their lives. Just as heartbreaking as Truman's fabricated existence. And just as Truman was discouraged from traveling (so that he wouldn't discover the truth on his own) these people are discouraged from reading anti-Mormon materials (for the same reason). My advice to them, and to anyone who feels like a Truman--Read the Bible for yourself, and see the reality that has not been shown to you thus far in life! This movie was definitely worth watching!

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Summary: Carry doesn't make a fool of himself
Review: This was a great movie because it shows you a totally new perspective on life, and privacy, for that matter. I would suggest seeing it twice, because the second time you notice how people act different.To those of you that think this movie was 'boring'-- its purpose was not to get all the laughs, but to show that some things people sould not control, even though there are plenty of funny parts. In the Truman Show, Jim Carry has finally shown the world what a great actor he is, and not being a silly comedian at the same time. One thing that would have been better is the ending- that could have used a 'happily ever after' kiss... Overall, it was a great movie, though.

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Summary: AWESOME
Review: For a some time I have been disappointed with most of Hollywood's big budget, action exhausting films that seem to have very little in the way of a plot. This film supersedes them all. Peter Weir again succeeded in transforming us to a world of interest, imagination, and thought. It was not only entertaining but also left you with a feeling of hope and the power of one man. Imagine my surprise when I found that the last film that I enjoyed this well, Gattaca, had the same screenplay writer, Andrew Niccol. Thumbs up to Jim Carrey who also showed us a little of his dramatic talent in The Mask. For a film connoisseur like myself this was truly a feast. A must for my movie library.

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Summary: Wonderful and Imaginative Movie
Review: I enjoy movies that have original stories. The Truman Show is one of the most imaginative movies I have ever seen... And I have seen a lot! Jim Carrey at his best!

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Summary: it was pretty good
Review: I thought this movie was good but it didnt have a good ending it hade excellent acting and a few laughs and I also like how they carried out how he slowly figures out he's on t.v.

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Summary: Brilliance
Review: One word -- brilliance -- one name -- Jim Carrey. In his brilliant successful turn from rubber-faced comic to dramatic player, Jim Carrey does a fantastic job in The Truman Show. This film will leave you in tears of mixed happiness and sadness as Carrey tries to discover what is real in his life and what isn't and tries to find himself. A first-rate film that promises more great dramatic roles for the utterly talented Carrey.

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Summary: Much, MUCH better than any of the five Best Picture nominees
Review: Okay, many complain that "The Truman Show" was way overhyped and that its critical acclaim wasn't worth it. However, I felt for this film and its characters more than any other film this year. Tom Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan"? His character and his elite assortment of ethnic types in his squad were all underdrawn and oversimplified. "Shakespeare in Love"? Simple lightweight fluff that the Academy should be ASHAMED of awarding its Best Picture to. "The Thin Red Line"? One of those films that will probably be appreciated more as time goes by, but in the theatre I was in, I swear there has never been a more assembled and automated exit of all the members of the audience (kind of like that scene in "Truman" when all the bus passengers quickly left the broken-down vehicle without any shred of complaint or indeed, humanity.) "Elizabeth"? Stuffy British film glorifying a frigid woman who massacred based on religion. "Life is Beautiful"? Arguably the best of the lot, but still Benigni's straining for the audience to like him, REALLY like him, does not match up with the stirring subtlety of Carrey's awe-struck and confused face as he reaches the end of his world (in one of the most beautiful cinematic moments ever filmed), or the quietly tragic expression on his face as he's being lied to by his best friend (Noah Emmerich) atop the bridge. "The Truman Show" rightly got its critical acclaim when it was released in June, but was promptly forgotten about during the Oscar rush. My question is why? Every single aspect of this film is award-worthy. Film editing? Peter Weir and his editors were able to cut between the artificial constraints of the "show" and the outside world effortlessly. Score? The most ingenious aspect of this relatively threadbare category, Weir's intention was to frame a score-within-a-score which perfectly manipulated its audience members into a sort of safe haven of comfort where they were unaware that they were being talked to. Don't tell me that Phillip Glass' score as Truman and Marlon were shooting golf balls off the bridge or the scene where Christof touches the giant monitor with a sort of fatherly affection toward a son whom he'll never see in the flesh wasn't dreamy and evocative. Or the heightening paranoia of Dallwitz' portion of the score. Costume design? Truman's costumes alone were of the eccentric and innocent 50s variety. Cinematography? Peter Biziou brilliantly conceived the outer frames of this film so the audience could identify where each camera intricately filming this show was at(plus the scene by the beach and the aforemenioned "breaking-the-dome" scenes were visually spectacular). Art direction? "The Truman Show" envisioned a whole new world and suggested the coziness of the world while still implying its dark undertones. Original screenplay? Well, it WAS nominated for this, but so was the unremarkable script of "Saving Private Ryan", and the fact that it lost to "Shakespeare in Love", which was literate but unabashedly self-reverential in a gimmicky"Hot Shots!" Zucker-Abraham-Zucker sort of way, was a travesty. Ed Harris was also nominated for his three-dimensional portrayal of Christof, playing him as a father figure instead of as a nutcase (which is exactly how original casting choice Dennis Hopper would've played him). And Jim Carrey, cast against-type as Truman, proved that no one else could conceivably be imagined in the role. "The Truman Show" may not appeal to the dim-bulb section of the audience (of which there is far too many...I mean come on, "Armageddon" got more Oscar nominations than this!), but that's all right...the film is revolutionary in the fact that not every one is smart enough to grasp its message. And for all of those who believe this film was all brains and no heart: check out the scene where Carrey is sitting at his desk assembling an image of the woman he loves from fashion magazine clippings as Chopin's "Concerto No. 1 in E Minor" reaches its crescendo in the background. For me, DiCaprio could've died a thousand times in "Titanic" while James Horner's schmaltzy score screeches in the background, and that film STILL wouldn't have reached the emotional apex that "Truman" reached twenty minutes into it. Like "Blade Runner" or "2001", this film will only get better over time.