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The Truman Show

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He doesn't know it, but everything in Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) life is part of a massive TV set. Executive producer Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates "The Truman Show," a live broadcast of Truman's every move captured by hidden cameras. Christof tries to control Truman's mind, even removing his true love, Sylvia (Natascha McElhone), from the show and replacing her with Meryl (Laura Linney). As Truman gradually discovers the truth, however, he must decide whether to act on it.
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A funny, tender, and thought-provoking film, The Truman Show is all the more noteworthy for its remarkably prescient vision of runaway celebrity culture and a nation with an insatiable thirst for the private details of ordinary lives.

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Elvis Mitchell Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com 02/15/2023
3/5
There are no surprises in The Truman Show, except that Weir and Carrey manage to keep the picture on course. Go to Full Review
Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press 02/14/2023
3/4
This is acting that isn't, but Carrey doesn't let the two-way mirror throw him; his unreality becomes his only real truth. Go to Full Review
Quentin Curtis Daily Telegraph (UK) 02/14/2023
It is really about freedom... and it is to our own enslavement that this powerful, brilliant, and profound film speaks. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 09/16/2024
6/10
It’s a curious social experiment idea, even if it's steeped in a fantasy so comprehensive that it always feels unconvincing. Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 10/08/2023
4/4
a prophetic comedy of ideas that hit all too close to home in our media-savvy, television-obsessed, celebrity-enthralled times Go to Full Review
Luke Buckmaster Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) 08/30/2023
Thinking about The Truman Show in 2023, it’s clear the film—marvellously written by Andrew Niccol—was ahead of its time in some respects and doomed to be quickly dated in others. Go to Full Review
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Bilbo B. @bagginsidedbilbo 2d Question reality and have a laugh See more Penguin O @Teepeetrailers 4d This film is increasingly relevant nowadays...it is very possible we ourselves are on a Truman show. Whoever came up with the plot needs to, if still alive, be given 10 billion dollars for...well, coming up with such a genius idea. The genius idea of a film about a guy who was born on set and doesn't know he's an actor for a TV show about him until he is warned, and then...well, that's already good enough. Jim Carrey's acting, the camera cinematography, the music, the loss of touch of reality in Truman's mind, how each scene is set...it's all so perfectly done. So I am going to give this film a ten out of ten, an instant recommend, something I dare say important to watch if you haven't already. Enjoy Truman, his antics, Sylvia's rage baiting at Christoff (okay, so that only happens towards the end, but still), and...In case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. See more Rex W @RT28578097 6d It is a nice, creative story. But it may be a little too far-fetched to be taken seriously. I thought Jim Carrey was miscast. A more skilled actor, such as Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks, would have been better for the role. See more Thyaagu C @Thyaagu Mar 9 Does a truly believable person other than parents exist in our world?! See more Tabs W @tabsers Mar 6 The cinematography and the way it's beyond creative with the "hidden camera" shot choices, the moments that the audience & crew are introduced to show their reactions, the absolute PERFORMANCE that Jim Carrey puts on here... it all comes together to create a truly moving, and horrifying, film. I love that we don't know where Truman exits to. The future is up to him for the first time. And I also love how, the more you think about it, the more you realize what an absolutely horrifying reality he's about to walk into. He's about to enter a world where every single person knows who he is, but he doesn't know anything about the real world. He will never have a normal life, no matter how much love he discovers in the real world. Now I can't help but wonder what the audience is feeling watching me write this review, right now. Do you think they're cheering? Do you think they're on the edge of their seat, waiting for me to realize it's all just a show? …and ultimately, how’s it going to end? See more yo R @yorobot Mar 5 classic. good.make you rethink your life See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis He doesn't know it, but everything in Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) life is part of a massive TV set. Executive producer Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates "The Truman Show," a live broadcast of Truman's every move captured by hidden cameras. Christof tries to control Truman's mind, even removing his true love, Sylvia (Natascha McElhone), from the show and replacing her with Meryl (Laura Linney). As Truman gradually discovers the truth, however, he must decide whether to act on it.
Director
Peter Weir
Producer
Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder
Screenwriter
Andrew Niccol
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$125.6M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround
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