The Truman Show

Rating: 9/10 (23 September 2013)

"The Truman show" was a movie that shows Truman Burbank's life as a reality TV show, without his knowledge since his birth. Jim Carrey was Truman Burbank, and his wife Meryl Burbank played by Laura Linney. Truman's best friend Marlon was Noah Emmerich. Christof, The creator of the TV show, was Ed Harris. Jim Carrey was able to mix his silly comedy with thoughtful drama, and the script provided new experience on drama movies.
Fighting for freedom, thinking of ways to run away, believing in his feelings, Jim Carrey performance was amazing. After having the curiosity that something is wrong, He tried many times to discover the way to run away, but most of the time he fails. Truman's courage increased in every scene in the movie. Christof was trying to keep Truman under control by directing the actors to what to do next. Until he decided that he was ready to die to get his freedom. Truman said, "Is that the best you can do? You gonna have to kill me." Also, every other actor in the movie tried to stop him from his wife, best friend, and secondary actors. Meryl tried to break him down every time he was thinking to travel by reminding him of their financial responsibility. "I think you should save for a few months, and then go," she said, she was laughing. Again, his friend tried to convince him that their city is the best place in the world by touching Truman's feelings by his words, "look at that sun set Truman, it is perfect." Every actor did a great job in this movie by involving their emotion in their acting, and that helped to make the audience connect emotionally with the movie.
The romance, the drama, and the action in the movie had become from the script. The script helped the actors to have many ways to express their feelings by the words they were saying or by the action they were doing. Marlon said, "He is goon,", "Cut transmission," frustrated,Christof react. Additionally, it rearranged the idea of the drama movies by adding a little romance, action, and comedy to the drama to make the movie suitable to all tastes. Fighting against the storm,looking to the picture of his love, looking to the bright sun, Jim Carrey was successful in mixing all these feeling in one scene.
Directed by Peter Weir, written by Andrew Niccol, starring by Jim Carrey, "The Truman Show" was a great movie to watch. It had a new experience that made it different from the rest of the drama movies. Skilled actors and a precise script made it one of the best movies that involve the audience emotionally and make them react with every scene. Truman was trapped in his life, and there were people controlling his live. That left viewers thinking if they trapped in their lives, or there is someone controlling their lives.