Best of '98

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 1998)

In a time when Hollywood is producing popcorn fodder' movies that cater for the lowest common denominator, it's very refreshing to see an intelligent film that works on so many different levels.
The Truman Show is just such a film. On a basic level, we have a serious Jim Carrey film, which deals with deception and creation. But though watching this film we find that it is so much more than that. We have elements of humour, satire and quite a few jabs at present day media practices, i.e. turning ordinary' people into celebrities, through the medium of television, evident in British shows such as Airport and Hotel.
This is done on a much grander scale though, with all Truman's life being turned into a television show. What interests me most about this film is the way in which the 5000+ cameras are represented on screen that film Truman on a day-to-day basis, and how products are plugged on air'.
In my opinion, ranking up alongside Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' as one of best films of 1998, The Truman Show will soon become regarded as a modern classic.