Living in The Truman Show

Rating: 8/10 (2 September 2007)

Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.
What if you're the star of your own TV show the biggest show in the history of Television and you don't know it? That's Truman's story. He was born on Television into television, the perfect actor born on cue.
It certainly was an interesting concept that grew up with Truman (Jim Carrey) himself. Says the director:
Christof: We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life.
And life isn't all that bad for Truman, though as the story opens at age 30 Truman is beginning to suspect the charade.
Truman Burbank: It was Dad. I swear! Dressed like a homeless man. And you know what else was strange? A business man and a woman with a little dog came out of nowhere and forced him onto a bus. Truman's Mother: Well! It's about time they cleaned up the trash downtown before we become just like the rest of the country.
Ed Harris renders a bravura performance as the calculating Christof the director of the Truman show. Christoff doesn't believe Truman really wants to know the truth.
Christof: If his was more than just a vague ambition, if he was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there's no way we could prevent him.
Christof the creator of Truman's Potemkin village is a hermit who preserves his own privacy as he broadcasts every breath of Truman's life to the entire world justifies the enterprise:
Christof: I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place.
Meryl Truman's wife would like to continue the tradition by giving birth on set. Will Christoff create a second generation on set? Will Truman discover the truth? If he does will he continue to play along?
See the film.