Truman the Show and Truman the Movie Worked

Rating: 8/10 (6 February 2016)

"Truman" was the first serious movie I'd ever seen from Jim Carrey--heck it may have been his first non-comedy period. This movie was stunning. What was so amazing was the fact that they let you in on the secret pretty early instead of leaving it as a twist. So instead of finding out at the end of the movie that it was all staged we find out relatively early which leaves us something else to look forward to: will he ever find out? And if he does, what will he do?
Carrey was great as the simple small town happy character. He brought the character to life which made it all work. Truman couldn't be a skeptic, he couldn't be a big dreamer, he couldn't even be a roamer; he had to be the exact type of character he was for it all to work. Truman, the fictitious show worked and "Truman" the movie worked.