A brilliantly thoughtful movie

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 2016)

A transfixing mind-boggling production. Truman Burbank lives in picture-perfect Seahaven. Everything is seemingly immaculate. What he doesn't know is that every moment and aspect of his life is set up and being watched and scrutinized. His entire life is being documented on secret little cameras everywhere and on almost everyone he meets. His perfect world is a television show running 24/7 and being watched by billions. The connotative language throughout the deeper parts was absolutely moving. It made the watcher think about what it would be like for them if they were in that situation and feel horrible for Truman. The idea of media control is still in today's society. We are starting to see some debate over the way the media manipulates public opinion. It reflected perfectly how amoral and invasive our culture industry is becoming. At the time the movie was produced the world was just beginning to see reality television and today it's everywhere and has progressed so much from even the movie. It in under the assumption of being another hilarious Jim Carrey comedy but turned out to be a thought-provoking and rewarding film that it is. The inflation of the idea of the power abuse of the media was big. The morals and the point of the film wasn't overwhelmingly beaten into you. The final scene is a much anticipated glorious end to a great movie. Its nice to have a movie make you think rather than brainlessly watching another reality TV show. So in case you don't see it, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.