
Since birth, a big fat lie defines the well-organised but humdrum life of the kind-hearted insurance salesman and ambitious explorer, Truman Burbank. Utterly unaware of the thousands of cleverly hidden cameras watching his every move, for nearly three decades, Truman's entire existence pivots around the will and the wild imagination of the ruthlessly manipulative television producer, Christof--the all-powerful TV-God of an extreme 24/7 reality show: The Truman Show. As a resu... (Full plot summary below)
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Since birth, a big fat lie defines the well-organised but humdrum life of the kind-hearted insurance salesman and ambitious explorer, Truman Burbank. Utterly unaware of the thousands of cleverly hidden cameras watching his every move, for nearly three decades, Truman's entire existence pivots around the will and the wild imagination of the ruthlessly manipulative television producer, Christof--the all-powerful TV-God of an extreme 24/7 reality show: The Truman Show. As a result, Truman's picturesque neighbourhood with the manicured lawns and the uncannily perfect residents is nothing but an elaborate state-of-the-art set, and the only truth he knows is what the worldwide television network and its deep financial interests dictate. Do lab rats know they are forever imprisoned?
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawEverything studio filmmaking should be but almost never is. |
| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithThe 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. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarThe important thing is that Carrey and the filmmakers have taken pains to give Truman that soul -- which, in itself, provides a kind of depth. In any case, it gets you to care about how it's going to end. |
| People MagazineTom GliattoThe Truman Show is a provocative, daring drama, and Carrey, heretofore the Silly Putty-limbed star of such lowbrow joy buzzers as Dumb and Dumber and Liar Liar, pulls off the movie's tricky leading role with aplomb. |
| Radio TimesAlan JonesTthis ingenious satirical comedy drama about media omnipotence is both dazzling and sophisticated from audacious start to poignant finale. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerBy trying too hard to be profound about the evils of television, this implausible sci-fi morality tale stretches this theme beyond the breaking point. |
| Florida Times-UnionMatt SoergelUnder a cheerfully sunny sky that only heightens the paranoia, it's brilliant in conception and execution, with dozens of bright touches -- verbal jokes, visual jokes, spooky looks. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraThe Truman Show will probably be the most thought-provoking "big" movie to come out this summer, and that says a whole lot more about other movies than it does about this one. You should, however, see it for Carrey's newly unveiled charms. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyOne of the smartest, most inventive movies in memory, it manages to be as endearing as it is provocative. |
| Alternate EndingTim BraytonOne of the greatest American films of the 1990s. |