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06/18/02
The Truman Show (1998)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:91
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: 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.
Synopsis: Comic actor Jim Carrey plays it (mostly) straight for this smart satire from director Peter Weir (DEAD POETS SOCIETY). The life of Truman Burbank (Carrey) has been broadcast around the world with... [More]
Reviews for The Truman Show
Top CriticNo review available.
10/30/01
Top CriticA brilliant, unique, unforgettable film.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe issues it tackles are just as relevant now (if not more so) than they were when the film was first released theatrically back in 1997.
01/24/09
...benefits substantially from Jim Carrey's unexpectedly layered (and flat-out moving) performance.
01/17/09
A hilarious and breathtakingly conceived satire which also allows Carrey to edge away from broad comedy.
12/14/08
Some of us may go out wishing for something meatier, edgier.
08/05/07
A good, intelligent, insightful movie...
04/27/07
One movie you can pronounce a modern classic with absolute confidence.
06/24/06
Isn't it amazing what you can do if you take the time to FINISH your script?
12/06/05
Carrey doesn't break off into outrageous physical comedy bits as fans might hope, and the film does take a while to find its legs, but there is something rewarding in its quirky demeanor.
12/06/05
A deceptively simple fairy tale; a hilariously subversive satire… and finally an elegant parable about truth and happiness with evocative religious resonances.
10/17/05
The movie and its themes have held up. For better or worse, we're a nation consumed by television, a country roped in by spectacle. Weir sees through it.
09/11/05
With the reality TV boom, it brings forth more thoughts as to whether our society could ever be this extreme, and with each viewing, its themes deepen.
08/28/05
The intimations of profundity, of reality perceived, mediated, and processed, are milked for heavy irony rather than enlarging complexit.
08/24/05
[A] hugely entertaining dramatization of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"...a fable that would be relevant 50 years earlier and no doubt will remain relevant 50 years hence.
08/21/05
Jim Carrey gets in touch with his Jimmy Stewart side. There's a humanity here... that we haven't seen before.
06/25/05
A brilliant flick with a remarkable performance by Carrey coupled to a fascinating story, a first-class cast and top-notch technical credits.
04/09/05
This is clearly one of the decade's cleverest, most original pictures.
02/04/05
Truman has been wronged, and it is thrilling to see him strive to escape a machine built by a compassionless and egomaniacal creator.
01/15/05
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