The Truman Show (1998)
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend, is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
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The Truman Show is Jim Carrey as you have never seen him before. This is straight out of The Twilight Zone(in fact writer Andrew Nicchol based the screenplay on an episode of The Twilight Zone. Jim Carrey plays an insurance salesman who has no idea that his entire life is scripted and part of a television show. This is a departure of sorts for Peter Weir also and though I have forgotten much of this film I remember liking it a lot. There are many underlying themes and the entire presentation is something you don't see often. This is a healthy recommendation regardless of whether you are a fan of Carrey or not.
I have never been a fan of reality TV. On television real emotions and real behaviour is not possible. You can only be real to an extent because you know that the whole world is watching you. In Truman Show ; Truman is unaware and hence he is real. Jim Carrey gives a fantastic performance. Ed harris looks fantastic and acts very well. The film is a thinking man's film. It shows the human psyche of trying to go beyond boundaries. It is beautifully made film.
Jim Carrey is not just a comedian. Everybody thinks Jim is a comedian, but if you watch this film you'll understand who Jim Carrey really is. They should give him the Oscar for this performance. This movie is made from a great concept. Once that concept was on my head too. Director Peter Weir is a Genius. Somehow he has been able to made this movie without a single mistake. I really hate television. After I watched this I removed the TV from living room. But the movie won't tell you to hate television. It only told me. Truman Show is a great experience. A wonderful movie you can watch with your family. Specially TV lovers.
I really liked the end and the plot but during the movie I thought it was a little bit cruel because it was very sad that Truman was taken away by Christof and it was very mean but the end changed it all.