A great idea for a great film

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2014)

Rating-8/10
The Truman Show that is as light as it is thought provoking, with a fake smile and a world built around him Truman is a true film hero and although maybe he doesn't do much, we still feel oh so much for this character. With the right mix of comedy and drama to go down with it too, The Truman Show shows us what a show is all about and in a true sense shows us how obsessed the ordinary person is with certain peoples lives. I felt the film was safely a great movie, and here below is why I felt that about it all.
The story is superbly smartly done and whoever even thought if this idea is just awesome, it brings us all the elements we want to see from a film like this too and certain moments when Truman is finally seeing what the world is all about are just fantastic. The film isn't scared to be fun either as the story although is serious, the things we see in it sometimes aren't and we can get a few laughs out of this but as I said before, it incorporates the right amount of drama into it's plot too. One minor thing is that the for it's running time of 103 minutes it manages to fit such a complex plot into such a short amount of time, just brilliant in my opinion.
Jim Carrey portrays Truman in the way we always expect from Carrey, loud and very crazy, although this isn't like all his roles as Carrey has to deal with the drama too and manages not to always be trying to be funny, a good job from him. Ed Harris as the TV network head is kind of a strange mix of evil and goodness, where as he wants the show to continue, you can also tell it slightly eats him up that Truman is shown to people like this. The entire cast do an excellent job and even the odd policeman or shoe owner seems to do there performance with a hop and a smile, just good fun had by all.
Peter Weir does a fun job and really makes this his prime artistic vision that is brought to life perfectly, this is probably his best piece of work in my opinion. Andrew Niccol the writer also chips in with his artistic vision in writing to create dialogue that just keeps are eyes on the screen to see what this insane thing is all about. I loved the sets used and not to ruin some cool things which you will see for yourself but some things are positioned in some pretty neat places too.
Although the film is great, it isn't without maybe minor things which stop it from being superb, Like for example I didn't find this that funny and although it fun and bouncy when trying to be funny, you won't be crying with laughter at this. I also felt the ending was poor and although it makes for an interesting end and one you definitely wouldn't expect, we don't get to explore much of it and just ends right there right then. It isn't perfect but it is has very little problems so if you ignore them things, this could be one of the best films you will ever see.
For those who love Jim Carrey well this is probably one of if not his best work in film and although as I said he holds back on humour slightly, he still manages a fantastic performance as Truman which mixes a lot of elements together. I think if you ever wanted a thought provoking film then this is it, I don't think it make you think philosophically, but it makes you think about human nature and lying etc, what the world really thinks of other people and how we talk about each other.
Overall will give it a 8/10, Safely a Great movie, I couldn't recommend this much more to you and especially to those who consider themselves as film connoisseurs as I feel this could be essential viewing. Have fun with this movie and it will reward you, come in thinking of it as super serious and you will be disappointed, I can assure you that watching this can give you a little smile and although sometimes you might feel like shouting "GET OUT OF THERE TRUMAN", you still just feel happy for him the entire way through.