Better than I expected, but not as good as it could be.

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2001)

This is the first Jim Carrey film where he actually diverged from his industry-standard role. There were enough Carrey-isms to be mildly annoying, but not enough to ruin a decent film. The plot was really well-constructed. The acting was really quite good, especially Truman's wife and best friend, and Ed Harris brilliant job as the show's creator. And I really liked the 'set effects' that were used...especially the 'errors' that popped up now and then. The ending was overdone (don't look now, it's Hollywood!!), but ignoring the last 20 minutes or so, it was a well done film, even if it did star Carrey (can't well be perfect, can it?) 7/10.