The Best Film of the Year.

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 1999)

When I first saw this film I didn't know exactly what to expect. I was used to seeing Jim Carrey in crazy, psycho mode in such films as "Ace Ventura" and "Liar Liar". But when I saw this film my breath was taken away. Seeing Jim Carrey in a truly great role that will live forever in the minds of people everywhere.
As Truman Burbank, Carrey is an insurance salesman who has no idea that his life is being broadcast 24 hours a day onto live television from a series of intricately placed cameras by a bizarre man named Christof (Ed Harris). There isn't much star power other than these two but people such as Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, and Natascha McElhone give great performances.
After a strange chain of events including a light falling from the sky, being pushed against advertisements, and the reappearance of his dead father, Truman starts to think something is awry.
When the Oscar nominations were announced on February 9, I was very surprised that "The Truman Show" could only get away with 3 nominations. Sure they were good nominations, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay, but I think that Jim Carrey was robbed. As he indicated with his win at the Golden Globes he indicated the Oscar would be pretty good as he did at the Oscars too that an Oscar would be great. Best Picture and Best Original Dramatic Score which it deserves slipped from their grasp.
I think that this film didn't get the success it deserved. Sure critics loved it and Jim Carrey won many more fans, but this film, the best of 1998 will live in the hearts of millions forever.