The Film of 1998

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2002)

The TRUMAN SHOW should be of interest today because its author has just opened SIMONE starring Al Pacino which will surely be one of the top ten films of 2002.
THE TRUMAN SHOW stars Jim Carrey in arguably his best role. You may recall the Oscar snub that year when Carrey failed even to get a nomination after he won the Golden Globe for the same role. Carrey sans the silly faces and Jerry Lewis antics plays this very seriously and is brilliant. Serious follow-up roles in MAN IN THE MOON and MAJESTIC have proved that Carrey has the chops to be a serious actor. Hopefully Hollywood will stop typing him and the world will start accepting him for his more serious work.
TRUMAN also stars the terribly under used Laura Linney who made such a wonderful splash with the indie YOU CAN COUNT ON ME.
Briefly THE TRUMAN SHOW is a futuristic soap opera in which its star TRUMAN thinks his life is real. He was born on TV and has lived his whole life there on camera. The town in which he lives and all of the people who populate it are sets and actors hired to fill in his life. How he discovers the truth and the manner in which the Network tries to prevent that is what the film is all about.
If you have never seen THE TRUMAN SHOW and especially if you have enjoyed SIMONE, it should be on the top of your MUST rent list.