One of the greatest things to make you go, "Hmmm"

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 1998)

We all know the age old saying, "Comedic actors will always be comedic actors." Well, this code has been broken in the summer release The Truman Show by Jim Carrey. Yes, the Jim Carrey from The Cable Guy and Ace Ventura 1 & 2. Though this rule has been broken before (Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, and Dead Poets Society), but never this well. In The Truman Show, Truman Burbank (Carrey), the first person to be born on TV is the unsuspecting host of the television show named, simply, "The Truman Show" which has sparked "Trumania" in the nation. Truman goes unsuspecting of his certain-to-be-trapped doom in the TV show. But one day, while heading to work, an object falls from the sky. He listens to the radio, suspecting the odd, but the DJ's cover it up saying an airliner dropping parts. Thinking nothing of it, Truman goes on, continuing his life in his little town, while the day, night, weather patterns, and even Truman's life is controlled by one man, Christoff (Harris) AKA, The Creator. His pleasant life is disrupted, though, after odd things happen, his dead father comes back, a man Truman's never met before knows his name, an elevator has no back to it, etc. He slowly catches on that his life is not what it seems to be. With a fabulous Screenplay written by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) this turns out to be one of those films where after you see it, you come out feeling good and thinking. What if your world is like that? Is your world like that? This movie is definitely Oscar bound, a sure fire nomination for Carrey in his second serious role, his first being in the fabulous made-for-TV-movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. The only snag is in the chance to see a talking butt give an acceptance speech is Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan. But I still say, Free Truman! A+
"We accept the reality with which we're presented." Christof The Truman Show