How good is it? Depends how much you know beforehand.

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 1998)

How good is 'The Truman Show'? In my opinion, it depends on how much you know beforehand. I already knew quite a lot about the film before I saw it, and frankly I thought the first half was weird if not messy. I was hoping for an immediate explanation of what's going on, introducing more of Christof's involvement. So the second half, which was more satisfying, seemed to come too late. But when I thought about it more, I realised that my disappointment regarding the first half was due to what I knew already. A total stranger to the film will see the first half, be confused rather than impatient, and then marvel at the unravelling in the second half, rather than say 'yeah, and this should have come earlier'. All in all, a very good attempt to cover an ingenious topic, which is so complex most producers would probably shirk away from it. A final word: Jim Carrey is absolutely superb. 8.5 out of 10.