"Televisionary"

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2014)

Unpretentious Satire on the most Pretentious of Media Conceits. That being the "Reality" Show that so many Undiscerning Viewers Think is Spontaneous. An Absurdity as Great as Believing that a Big Mac is Actually Nutritious and Legitimate Food. But so many Buy Into those Shows and Buy the Burger that Peeling Away the Facade is a Rather Hopeless, but Noble Endeavor.
The Truman Show Tries with its TV and Religious Allegories and it is also Magnificent Movie Making. Jim Carrey Breaks Out of His Clown Persona here and has Become a Respectable Dramatic Actor. Director Peter Weir Delivers One of the Best Movies of the 1990's and Arguably One of the Best Movies of All Time.
It Broke New Ground while Exploring Ancient Belief Systems and Modern Media's Hold on a Population of Sheep that Orwell and Others Warned about. This is Enlightening and Entertaining Movie Making at its Best. This could be Double Billed with the Like-Minded Pleasantville (1998), but Only if Audiences were Advised that the Experience just Might Blow Their Bean and Change Their World View.
The Truman Show is Truly One of the Great Movies.