A lot of folks have spent years trying to define a purpose to life, solving the one mystery that, truthfully, most people would just as soon not know. I mean, think about it. Didn't think so. Jim Carrey's new movie, The Truman Show , deals with exactly this question, and, despite all the talk and pre-hype, it makes for one forever great movie. Carrey plays Truman Burbank, an insurance salesman in the Rockwell-perfect town of Seahaven.
Life is grand.
Truman has all the answers he needs to be happy. But Truman doesn't know that he's been the star of a TV show called The Truman Show since birth. But, gradually, Truman starts to suspect something's wrong in the world he knows. And, like Adam in the Garden of Eden, when he gets that first taste of knowledge, he learns more than he ever wanted to know. Let me start here by saying that the script itself is outstanding.