Post by ck100 on Jun 5, 2023 4:08:11 GMT
A good late-90's movie from Jim Carrey and director Peter Weir that has an interesting premise (which was a prelude to the reality TV craze) and Carrey giving one of his earliest mature performances. The idea of a man's life being broadcasted 24/7 would not actually work in real life (huge cost to build an actual town with fully-functional buildings/sets/etc. even with sponsorships, no actor would commit for many years/decades to the show, people wouldn't really watch Truman do mundane tasks) but it works well enough in the movie for us to buy it. I don't think this is Carrey's finest dramatic work, but it still at least planted the seeds to show he could do more mature work.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
The Truman Show (1998) - 2.5 out of 4 stars
"Truman Burbank lives a seemingly ideal existence in a tranquil seaside community. What he doesn't know is that his life is a giant 24-hour-a-day TV show, orchestrated by electronic mastermind/artist Harris in a completely controlled environment. Satire of our voyeuristic, consumer-driven society scores some points and offers Carrey a change of pace, but after the premise is established it doesn't know where to go. Perhaps that's because it's a short-story idea, not a feature film; The Twilight Zone used to do this kind of thing--better--in half-hour segments."
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
The Truman Show (1998) - 2.5 out of 4 stars
"Truman Burbank lives a seemingly ideal existence in a tranquil seaside community. What he doesn't know is that his life is a giant 24-hour-a-day TV show, orchestrated by electronic mastermind/artist Harris in a completely controlled environment. Satire of our voyeuristic, consumer-driven society scores some points and offers Carrey a change of pace, but after the premise is established it doesn't know where to go. Perhaps that's because it's a short-story idea, not a feature film; The Twilight Zone used to do this kind of thing--better--in half-hour segments."
