This film had excellent potential but I felt let down

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 1998)

A very thought provoking film. "The Truman Story" could however, have gone a lot further. It should, or rather could, have been a great deal more evil and this would have put it into a whole new ballpark. The story idea is original and exciting but I felt that it gave in to the pressures of Hollywood commercialism by not setting itself apart from other romance/drama's - this it could have done with a really black, evil emphasis. One of Jim Carrey's best performances. Well done to the boys from "down under".