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The Truman Show (1997)
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The whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his best friend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional...
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Jim Carrey's best movie tells the tale of Truman, a man who has unknowingly lived his entire life in front of the world as part of a Machiavellian TV experience created by Ed Harris' 'visionary' director.
This film shows us our own obsession with the false world we see on TV screens and in tabloids, a world we pretend to...
(complete The Truman Show review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| The Truman Show Movie Review by Jesse (12/14/2006) |
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This is a perfect movie. The screenplay is one of the best I have ever seen. Andrew Niccol is a genius and can compare to the likes of Charlie Kauffman with this. He hasn't done many other memorable works (Gattaca, S1m0ne, Lord of War), but this picture proved he has an imagination like no other. Peter Weir is a fantastic...
(complete The Truman Show review by Jesse)
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