One of the greats of 90's cinema

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 1998)

The Truman Show is an exceptional piece of cinema, it is mainly a media satire with beautiful subtle surreal touches (notice how Truman lives in a 50's world of gadgets) but it also has a strong human element without ever sinking into sentementaliy. This human element is due to Carrey who against odds has turned in a terrific performance here - definitely Oscar standard.
The director Peter Weir who i have always thought was talented but not "top league" with Scorsese, Kubrick etc has made a film exceeding anything we have seen for a long time from anybody. This film has got to go down as one of if not the very best movie of the decade, it may sound like I'm over hyping but if there is a wrong note in this film then I fail to see it