Sharp critic against immorality

Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2000)

There´s something special in The Truman Show. This unique, such an extraordinary movie stirs you in funny ways. It makes you laugh though you might think once whether it would be better to cry. Jim Carrey excels in his role of the decent, irreproachable citizen. With this movie he became a star.
This film is funny, but it´s not pure comedy. The longer this movie goes on the more serious it gets. The movie treats in a critical and absurd way commercialism: how long is the director of the soap opera ready to go persuading people to watch their program? To ruin one´s life? Maybe. So this movie could also be concerned as a satire.
The director of the TV-serie, greatly performed by Ed Harris, had taken away the sence of the reality from Truman (Carrey) with his delusive, unreal world. The issue is, what does discriminate between the reality and the delution?
Peter Weir, the director of Dead Poets Society, made this film excellent with his idiosyncratic style. His critic against immorality is sharp with well-chosen cast providing credibility. Laura Linney makes a good job in the role of Truman´s wife. Some of the sequences contains such a great irony that you can´t help laughing.