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Release Date: 19 August, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
The Truman Show Reviews
FUNNY AND WITTY AT THE SAME TIME
The world of Truman Burbank [Jim Carrey] is one long-running soap opera: only he's not aware of it. What a great premise for a movie. This is one of the best films of Jim Carrey's career, and I enjoyed every minute of it. In this black-comedy, also starring [Ed Harris] as Christof, the God-like creator of Truman Burbank's universe, director Peter Weir did a terrific job in with the character development of all the actors: each playing the right characters in the right roles. I watched this film with my wife at the theatre and was very, very impressed with not only the film, but the acting of Jim Carrey.
The film gives the viewer a great portrayal of humanity. Christof, the creator of the make believe show which Truman inhabits, is the 'God' who controls all of Truman Burbank's actions throught script writing and actors. His wife, best friend, and mother are mere actors. Only Truman is the real deal. Only he does not know it. Eventually there emerges an individual who cannot be controlled. And although events have been introduced into his life to keep him happy, and a permanent resident in the make believe world of Seahaven, the human will struggles to assert itself. Truman is not a puppet on the string for Christof to control.
When Truman begins to realize that something is amiss, and that his true love is in Fiji (as he was told) he begins an elaborate escape from the Island he is living on. Moreover, you can't help rooting for Truman to break free of his captivity. No matter what odds are stacked up against him by Christof, Truman's will to break free will keep you rooting for him. This is a really good film. And I would recommend it to everyone. A must see!
One of the best films of the 90's
I remember my brother coming back from the theatre after seeing this film. I asked him how it was and he said he and his friends hated it. They expected the usual Jim Carrey film with him giving a over the top comedic performance. I still couldn't wait to see it and still found it to be a great movie. I thought Carrey was about as goofy as any of the villians in the Batman 60's series when he played the Riddler. I always thought he'd be a better actor if he took his medication lol. Here he must've took it since he gives a more laidback and heartfelt performance.
He plays a man who was filmed on a set without knowing for his entire life. His whole life was scripted with him not being able to do things that he really wanted to do his entire life. He wants to sail across the ocean. So they had him sail with his tv dad and faked his death so he'd be afraid of the ocean. The girl he really wanted to be with wasn't even allowed to be with him since it wasn't in the script. Since she trys to tell him that his whole life isn't real, she gets rushed off the set never to be allowed on it again. A actress on the show played by Laura Linney gets shoved in his face so much that he eventually marries her.
This isn't the usual hyper-active look at me I'm Jim Carrey and I'm funny comedy. The film is funny on it's own without him trying a little too hard to be funny like he usually does. For instance it's funny how everyone advertises products as they're talking to him. Like when he's having a heart-felt conversation with a buddy of his, he'd be advertising the 6 pack they're drinking. Or his wife advertises what they'll be eating.
It's a clever comedy with Carrey letting everyone around him act without trying too hard to steal the show from them like he usually does. He gives a smart performance where you can tell he's thinking and knows that everything around him is a little odd. While in other movies he talks so much that you'd think he doesn't even take time to even use his brain lol. When Carrey gives a sensitive performance that actually shows he can act he gets ignored by the Academy and by his fans who just wanna see him go back to talking out his butt. It's sad though because this is a really good performance that he deserved credit for. At least Ed Harris got a deserved nomination as the selfish creator of the Truman Show who would rather see him dead than have him escape and...destroy ratings and the show.
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