Something different for a change

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 1999)

At last, something a little (not completely) different from the movie whorehouse that is Hollywood today. The Truman Show is such a wonderful movie it just has to be seen to be believed. I have read many comments made about this and there are flaws, but we don't watch movies to look out for flaws. If they are obvious ones then fair enough, but this film is consistent and true to itself and paints a good enough picture of a world in which one man is put on a stage without him knowing it. But the true success of this film is how you cannot help but root for the guy (one of my personal top qualities of a successful film). You feel his pain and you just want him to get the hell outta there!!! I don't really like Christof much, he is a little one dimensional and a bit too on the evil side...a bit sick. But that aside, there is not much else at fault. I love the way we see Truman as the viewers would see him, ALL the time...because they have cameras everywhere..that is so clever. Anyway, enough about the film - i'm going to watch it again right now. Bye!