A Personal Favorite

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2002)

I don't care how many times I've seen this movie, I can still find something to enjoy in it. At least 20 times later, it still moves me and excites me just as much as it did the first time, which, to me makes it one of the best movies ever made.
Jim Carrey sheds his hyperactive manic personality that has earned him so much money to play the straight man, and conjures up a believable and endearing character. As Truman, Carrey brings a feeling of wide-eyed innocence to the role, and effortlessly portrays Truman's realization that the world around him is all a farce.
With enough imagination, wonder, humor and emotion for five movies, The Truman Show is a brilliant, somewhat overlooked masterpiece that can easily hold it's own against many classic movies. In my mind it already is one.
(****/****)